200 Quotes by Jacqueline Novogratz

I’ve learned that there is no currency like trust and no catalyst like hope. There is nothing worse for building relationships than pandering, on one hand, and preaching, on the other. And the most important quality we must all strengthen in ourselves is that of a deep human empathy, for that will provide the most hope of all – and the foundation for our collective survival.

Poverty is not only about income levels, but for lack of freedom that comes from physical insecurity.

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.” – George Bernard Shaw.

Each of us can work to change a small portion of events. And it’s in the total of all those acts that the history of this generation will be written.

This book assumes that you are interested in being part of world-changing human capital that will help solve problems big and small. Maybe you are a teacher or a communicator, an activist or a doctor, a lawyer or an investor, or some new force for positive change. I have seen people like you alter the lives of schoolchildren and street children, refugees, the formerly incarcerated; of people living in forgotten communities and in places ravaged by war, poverty, or toxic industries.

We are made from what came before. We make ourselves out of the promises that lie ahead. And we are always in the process of becoming.

I wrote ‘The Blue Sweater’ to inspire more people to become engaged in working to solve the problems of global poverty.

Rather than being rewarded for what we give, we’re too often affirmed by what we take.

When systems are broken, it’s an opportunity for invention and innovation.