200 Quotes by Jacqueline Novogratz

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

I dream a world in no one feels the need for or fear of predatory behavior, in which each of us walks with the knowledge of how beautiful - and valuable - is each human life.

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

I was going to save the world, and I thought I would start with the African continent.

As a 25-year-old banker, I decided to leave my career and change the world. This sounds like a move that a 25-year-old banker might make today - to escape the chaos.

The time for us to begin innovating and looking for new solutions is now.

Companies like Husk Power Systems are working to impact positively not only the environment, but to ensure that someday everyone, including the poorest of the poor in rural India, will have access to clean and affordable electricity.

There are probably no more market-oriented individuals on the planet, than low income people.

In the case of maternal health care, you look at, well naturally, it's the mother who's the customer, who makes the decisions. But in truth, the mother in many areas, in certain parts of India, the mother has very little decision-making power at all. The real decision-maker is the mother-in-law.