I never thought I was the most beautiful model out there or the most sexy woman, but I was a hard worker
If everyone is a changemaker, there's no way a problem can outrun a solution
Social entrepreneurs are not content just to give a fish or teach how to fish. They will not rest until they have revolutionized the fishing industry.
Of course you can do it. It doesn't require brilliance. It's just giving yourself permission and then being persistent. Persistent in seeing the problem or opportunity and persistent in thinking about it until you have come up with some interesting ideas that might change the pattern. It's really a mindset, not anything in the objective world - that is the problem.
What is the most powerful lever you can imagine? A big idea, but only if it's in the hands of a truly outstanding entrepreneur. It starts with the person and the idea, and then grows to the institution. All three are intertwined.
There is nothing more powerful than a new idea in the hands of a social entrepreneur
We need to teach empathy as we do literacy.
[Recent evidence regarding quantum mechanics is] sufficient to rule out all theological options but one - the Bible's.
Our immediate influence in b-boying was James Brown, point blank.
This is what I tell young women who ask me for career advice. People are going to try to trick you. To make you feel that you are in competition with one another. You're up for a promotion. If they go for a woman, it'll be between you and Barbara. Don't be fooled. You're not in competition with other women. You're in competition with everyone.
But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.