200 Quotes by Jacqueline Novogratz

Leaders can get stuck in groupthink because they're really not listening, or they're listening only to what they want to listen to, or they actually think they're so right that they're not interested in listening. And that leads to a lot of suboptimal solutions in the world.

My dream is to find individuals who take financial resources and convert them into changing the world in the most positive ways.

On a macro level, four billion people on Earth make less than four dollars a day.

If indeed we can create systems that allow individuals to access goods and services like health and housing and energy and water, in a way that they can afford, they'll all have greater choice, greater opportunity, greater dignity.

Money earned by men would not always reach to their wives and children.

Philanthropy is no longer about writing a check for $10,000 to the opera.

Dignity is more important to the human spirit than wealth.

What we yearn for as human beings is to be visible to each other.

When it comes to solving problems of poverty, impact investing can act as a catalyst, but it is not a silver bullet. Successful businesses serving the poor need more than investment capital. They also need infrastructure to enable effective distribution, strong regulatory systems, access to markets, technical assistance as they scale up, and more