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Famous Jacqueline Novogratz Quotes
“When systems are broken, it's an opportunity for invention and innovation.”
“There are probably no more market-oriented individuals on the planet, than low income people.”
“Dignity is more important to the human spirit than wealth.”
“The time for us to begin innovating and looking for new solutions is now.”
“I was going to save the world, and I thought I would start with the African continent.”
“Africans didn't want saving, thank you very much, least of all not by me.”
“What we call people so often distances us from them, and makes them little.”
“Things are always harder than you think they're going to be.”
“Listening is not only about waiting, but it's also learning how better to ask questions.”
“When people gain income, they gain choice, and that is fundamental to dignity.”
“Human beings want to see each other. We want to be heard by each other.”
“Traditional charity and aid are never going to solve the problems of poverty.”
“All people deserve access to health at prices they can afford.”
“Four billion people on Earth make less than four dollars a day.”
“People really don't want handouts, that they want to make their own decisions.”
“It's about all of us, and the kind of world that we, together, want to live in and share.”
“I've heard it said that the most dangerous animal on the planet is the adolescent male.”
“You should focus on being more interested than interesting.”
“How you see where you are always depends on where you've been.”
“To be part of building a movement, you have to keep moving.”
“Just start Don't wait for perfection. Just start and let the work teach you.”
“A sustainable world means working together to create prosperity for all.”
“Our actions - and inaction - touch people every day, people we may never know and never meet.”