86 Quotes by Wes Moore

My father had been my Moses, bringing me to life. Then my grandfather became my Joshua, carrying me through my childhood and teen years into adulthood.

Our society’s insistence on limiting help to those who “deserve it,” as indicated by their status in the labor market, has a profound impact on the capacity of those living in deep poverty to escape... we also cannot defend the inhumane debate about who are the deserving versus the undeserving poor.

Heroism is simply the idea of living your life with the passion that it deserves.

I just want to make sure that public service doesn’t have to be an occupation, but it needs to be a way of life.

When our passion for the Great Commission, becomes our search for the Great Politician, we know we’re lost.

Abdullah explained to me the man had not understood the significance of the image on the flag, so Abdullah told him it was a picture of Afghanistan – a picture of his country. At that, the man had shrugged and walked away. That’s when I started to understand that our goal of establishing loyalty to a national government was possibly in trouble.

What need can I best help address?

I want to live an interesting life.

One thing I began to realize in my travels was that everyone I met who was truly successful – whether in business, in philanthropic work, in human rights, in government, or in raising a family – shared one common trait: they were fanatically passionate about the work they did.