In those moments when priorities clash always stay guided by your values, not your perceived necessities. — Adam Braun Clash Copy Share Image
You never realize how much you value something until you are faced with the prospect of losing it. — Adam Braun Copy Share Image
There's nothing that can replace quality programs in a non-profit. — Adam Braun Non profit Copy Share Image
I understood that I might fail, but I wouldn't let it happen because I changed my compass along the way. — Adam Braun Copy Share Image
The single most powerful element of youth is that you don't have the life experiences to know what can't be done. — Adam Braun Copy Share Image
In moments of uncertainty, when you must chose between two paths, allowing yourself to be overcome by either the fear of failure… — Adam Braun Doubt Copy Share Image
“Dancing with these kids, I looked around and acknowledged that what you see around you is proof of what exists within you.… — Adam Braun Children Copy Share Image
“At the greatest levels of affluence, and the deepest levels of poverty, parents share the same desire for their children to have… — Adam Braun Better future Copy Share Image
Make your life a story worth telling. You only get one shot at this existence, and one day when you’re gone the… — Adam Braun Copy Share Image
“Think about how the world will change in the next ten years, and how you and your resources and networks will change… — Adam Braun Copy Share Image
“Here's my best advice: make the little decisions with your head and the big ones with your heart. Do that, and you'll… — Adam Braun Advice Copy Share Image
We all have those things that even in the midst of stress and disarray, they energize us and give us renewed strength… — Adam Braun Energize Copy Share Image
That's when the magic happens- when everyone else is asleep and you're awake thinking about the world as it is, and the… — Adam Braun Copy Share Image
“True motivation is not found within reaching a goal, but rather getting to a place where you can confidently and audaciously move… — Adam Braun Dreams Copy Share Image
My journey began with a single pencil. While traveling through India in 2006, I asked a boy begging on the streets, 'If… — Adam Braun Copy Share Image
“In certain situations you ask to see a sign to guide you in the right direction. Sometimes these calls to a higher… — Adam Braun Higher power Copy Share Image
“At certain moments in your life you just know that everything after will change. You can ignore these moments by not acting… — Adam Braun Change Copy Share Image
Many of us spend our entire lives in the same bubble - we surround ourselves with people who share our opinions, speak… — Adam Braun Copy Share Image
Global poverty is a complex web of interlinked problems. There is no one 'silver bullet' that will solve global inequality. Multiple contributing… — Adam Braun Copy Share Image
“I nodded, still unable to speak, digesting the weight of what she had just said. We exist because of the sacrifice of… — Adam Braun Happiness Copy Share Image
As our values are the core to who we are as human beings, they are also the easiest way to identify and… — Adam Braun Copy Share Image
I could enjoy the life that I had by virtue of the educational attainment that my grandparents and parents had pursued. Education… — Adam Braun Copy Share Image
“Purpose can manifest from so many different places, but it most often appears through the small things that enable us to feel… — Adam Braun Copy Share Image
We have every resource necessary to provide access to education for every child on the planet; we just need to commit to… — Adam Braun Access Copy Share Image
There are many challenges in the global education ecosystem: from top-down systemic issues in how educational services are organized and delivered, to… — Adam Braun Accountability Copy Share Image
“Most of all, I'll remind them each morning that we make a choice to bring positivity or negativity into the world, and… — Adam Braun Happiness Copy Share Image
“Expectations are the daunting shadows that trail behind accomplishments; no matter how high one goes, the other follows on its footsteps.” — Adam Braun Copy Share Image
“Purpose is found when you stop thinking about how you exist in the world and start trying to figure out why you… — Adam Braun Purpose Copy Share Image
Made with Pencils is grounded in the creativity of a few, propelled by the financial support of many, and most importantly, it's… — Adam Braun Creativity Copy Share Image
The most abundant resources that we possess amongst the 1.5 million nonprofits in the United States are passion and knowledge, yet our… — Adam Braun Collaboration Copy Share Image
