When we invest in women and girls, we are investing in the people who invest in everyone else.
If you are successful, it is because somewhere, sometime, someone gave you a life or an idea that started you in the right direction. Remember also that you are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped.
Connect deeply with others. Our humanity is the one thing that we all have in common.
Philanthropy is not about the money. It's about using whatever resources you have at your fingertips and applying them to improving the world.
A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.
Women speaking up for themselves and for those around them is the strongest force we have to change the world.
I've travelled extensively in the last 16 years - to slums in Bangladesh, to townships in South Africa, to all kinds of places in India, etc. When I would go and talk to villagers about something like vaccines, if I stayed long enough, the women would bring the conversation around and say: "What about this family planning tool? We can't keep having the number of children we're having."
All women, everywhere, have the same hopes: we want to be self-sufficient and create better lives for ourselves and our loved ones.
I am inspired by the women I meet everywhere I go. They have to work so hard just to make sure their families survive, but somehow they stay optimistic and do everything in their power to make the future better than the past.
The world is full of what seem like intractable problems. Often we let that paralyze us. Instead, let is spur you to action. There are some people in the world that we can't help, but there are so many more that we can. So when you see a mother and her children suffering in another part of the world, don't look away. Look right at them. Let them break your heart, then let your empathy and your talents help you make a difference in the lives of others. Whether you volunteer every week or just a few times a year, your time and unique skills are invaluable.
Make sure you continue to trust what you know now about yourself and stay true to what you believe in
We started our foundation because we believe we have a real opportunity to help advance equity around the world, to help make sure that, no matter where a person is born, he or she has the chance to live a healthy, productive life.
When we invest in women, we invest in a powerful source of global development
I'm wholehearted about whatever I do.
Deep human connection is ... the purpose and the result of a meaningful life - and it will inspire the most amazing acts of love, generosity, and humanity.
I am Catholic, I was raised Catholic, I am a practicing Catholic. But I say we need to agree to disagree. We have a shared mission around poverty, and I focus on that, because we do a lot with the Catholic Church around poverty alleviation. I'm always looking for: what is the common thread? What do we care about? What do we believe in? We believe in women around the world. We believe in all lives have equal value.
If we don't empower women, we don't allow them to unlock the potential of themselves and their children.
Take time to learn about the lives of women around the world-and try to play a small part in their fight to create the future they deserve.
When were you born, who are your parents, where did you grow up? None of us earns these things. These things were given to us. So when we strip away all of our luck and our privilege, and we consider where we'd be without them, it becomes much easier to see someone who's poor and say, "That could be me." And that's empathy.
You are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped.
Women and girls should be able to determine their own future, no matter where they're born.
We have to be careful in how we use this light shined on us.
All lives have an equal value.
Our desire to bring every good thing to our children is a force for good throughout the world. It’s what propels societies forward.
Poverty disproportionately affects women around the world.
