Jacqueline Novogratz quotes

When we deny the poor and the vulnerable their own human dignity and capacity for freedom and choice, it becomes self-denial. It becomes a denial of both our collective and individual dignity, at all levels of society. (Jacqueline Novogratz)
Monsters will always exist. There's one inside each of us. But an angel lives there, too. There is no more important agenda than figuring out how to slay one and nurture the other.
Jacqueline Novogratz
A sustainable world means working together to create prosperity for all.
Jacqueline Novogratz
I think we so often equate leadership with being experts - the leader is supposed to come in and fix things. But in this interconnected world we live in now, it's almost impossible for just one person to do that.
Jacqueline Novogratz
Despite the hundreds of non-governmental organizations and the continued outpouring of foreign aid, East Africa remains as a region overwhelmed by extreme poverty.
Jacqueline Novogratz
Acumen Fund is my prayer in response to genocide and what happened in Rwanda.
Jacqueline Novogratz
Sometimes very small investments can release enormous, infinite potential that exists in all of us.
Jacqueline Novogratz
Our actions - and inaction - touch people we may never know and never meet across the globe.
Jacqueline Novogratz
I believe the government should ensure all children are provided with a good education.
Jacqueline Novogratz
People have to understand that unless social enterprise is experimental, it will not succeed in making a difference.
Jacqueline Novogratz
Human beings tend not to spend money on health preventionally. We tend to spend it on top treatment. (Jacqueline Novogratz)
What we yearn for as human beings is to be visible to each other.
Jacqueline Novogratz
I've heard it said that the most dangerous animal on the planet is the adolescent male.
Jacqueline Novogratz
There are cases where government-to-government aid actually has worked. Look at the eradication of smallpox and the near eradication of polio. But these are really top down solutions that require government-to-government support and aid.
Jacqueline Novogratz
Philanthropy is no longer about writing a check for $10,000 to the opera.
Jacqueline Novogratz
Freedom is what beauty feels like when it can most express itself.
Jacqueline Novogratz
I think I still have a great sense of adventure and trust, and am surprisingly idealistic given all the horrible things I've seen since I was 25. I think how I have changed is that I have a much deeper understanding of the dark forces in the world, of power.
Jacqueline Novogratz
Four billion people on Earth make less than four dollars a day.
Jacqueline Novogratz
I wrote 'The Blue Sweater' to inspire more people to become engaged in working to solve the problems of global poverty.
Jacqueline Novogratz
I have seen that traditional approaches to charity and aid don't solve problems of poverty. In fact, too often they create dependence.
Jacqueline Novogratz
Acumen Fund's patient capital investment in Western Seed is intended to enhance the food security and economic independence of Kenya's smallholder farmers. (Jacqueline Novogratz)
For too much of history, we've viewed the world's precious resources - both environmental and human - as things to extract, to make the most of in order to maximize their potential.
Jacqueline Novogratz