Jacqueline Novogratz  - Quotes

 They say a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. I took mine and fell flat on my face. As a young woman, I dreamed of changing the world. In my twenties, I went to africa to try and save the continent, only to learn that Africans neither wanted nor needed saving. Indeed, when I was there, I saw some of the worst that good intentions, traditional charity, and aid can produce...



I concluded that if I could only nudge the world a little bit, maybe that would be enough.



But nudging isn't enough.
 

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Muhammad Yunus  - Quotes

 ..things are never as complicated as they seem. It is only our arrogance that prompts us to find unnecessarily complicated answers to simple problems. 

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William Faulkner  - Quotes

 Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth.  

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Jacqueline Novogratz  - Quotes

 Though either choice was good, one was truer to myself... Ultimately, I reflected on Geothe's invocation to 'make a commitment and the forces of the universe will conspire to make it happen' and chose the uncharted path. 

Tags: advocacy   life   passion     


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