200 Quotes by Jacqueline Novogratz

There are cases where government-to-government aid actually has worked. Look at the eradication of smallpox and the near eradication of polio. But these are really top down solutions that require government-to-government support and aid.

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

Our actions- and inaction- touch people every day, people we may never know and never meet.

The older I get, the more determined I feel to do whatever I can to help release that human potential somehow. Not in a fluffy way nor in a hardcore way. But in that middle ground, that marriage of love and power. I'm not afraid of either.

Dignity is more important than wealth.

Don't let people tell you to do it this way. You are on the verge of figuring out hybrid models -- with companies and nonprofits, markets, government, crowd-sourced philanthropy. The capitalist system as we know it is not working.

To be part of building a movement, you have to keep moving.

Girls and women are most victimised in societies where boys and men are disempowered.

We need moral leadership and courage in our world.