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Famous Jacqueline Novogratz Quotes
“Sometimes the most important things that we do are things we cannot measure.”
“What is the cost of not daring? What is the cost of not trying?”
“Your job is not to be perfect, your job is only to be human.”
“We are connected to each other not only as humans, but to every living thing on the planet.”
“After all this atrocity, this is how human beings really pray.”
“Honour what is most beautiful about the past and build it into the promise of the future.”
“I have also been touched by the dark side of power and leadership.”
“Girls and women are most victimised in societies where boys and men are disempowered.”
“Very small investments can release the infinite potential that lies in all of us.”
“What we really yearn for as human beings is to be visible.”
“Our lives are so short. And our time on this planet is so precious. All we have is each other.”
“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.”