Quotes from Jacqueline Novogratz

Changing the world is not easy.

Human beings want to see each other. We want to be heard by each other.

We live in a world in which we're seeing an increasing gap between the haves and the have-nots.

Freedom ultimately is dignity. And dignity, not income, is the opposite of poverty.

When people gain income, they gain choice, and that is fundamental to dignity.

I've heard it said that the most dangerous animal on the planet is the adolescent male.

In the case of maternal health care, you look at, well naturally, it's the mother who's the customer, who makes the decisions. But in truth, the mother in many areas, in certain parts of India, the mother has very little decision-making power at all. The real decision-maker is the mother-in-law.

When we deny the poor and the vulnerable their own human dignity and capacity for freedom and choice, it becomes self-denial. It becomes a denial of both our collective and individual dignity, at all levels of society.

Just start Don't wait for perfection. Just start and let the work teach you.

The Pakistanis are very resilient people.

Sproxil will help combat the multi-billion dollar counterfeit drug market, empower customers, and give them the resources to make informed pharmaceutical purchasing decisions.

What we yearn for as human beings is to be visible to each other.