231 Quotes by Melinda Gates

My background was computer science and business school, so eventually I worked my way up where I was running product groups - development, testing, marketing, user education.

Women speaking up for themselves and for those around them is the strongest force we have to change the world.

Having children made us look differently at all these things that we take for granted, like taking your child to get a vaccine against measles or polio.

Connect deeply with others. Our humanity is the one thing that we all have in common.

Around the world we have girls in primary school at about the same rate now as boys, but keeping them in quality secondary schools is where the world is lagging. I'm seeing a lot of countries look at this now.

The premise of this foundation is one life on this planet is no more valuable than the next.

It is still just unbelievable to us that diarrhea is one of the leading causes of child deaths in the world.

When we invest in women and girls, we are investing in the people who invest in everyone else.

With economic opportunity, sometimes it's making sure that if they're not in a place where they can have good jobs, that when they have economic opportunity, they have digital tools to use.