Make sure you continue to trust what you know now about yourself and stay true to what you believe in — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
I am Catholic, I was raised Catholic, I am a practicing Catholic. But I say we need to agree to disagree. We… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
But we also believe in taking risks, because that's how you move things along. — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
Bill and I both firmly believe that even the most difficult global health problems can be solved. — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
If I really believe all lives have equal value, and if I use contraceptives, which I do, and if I'm counselling my… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
We started our foundation because we believe we have a real opportunity to help advance equity around the world, to help make… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
Bill [Gates] and I believe philanthropy can only be effective if it starts things and proves whether they actually work or not.… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
I've travelled extensively in the last 16 years - to slums in Bangladesh, to townships in South Africa, to all kinds of places in… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
I think it's very important that we instill in our kids that it has nothing to do with their name or their situation that… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult. — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
Abortion has become a very politicised issue that I think countries have to work out themselves. In a lot of countries, people can't even… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
Men make different investments than women do. Women tend to invest more of their earnings than men do in their family's well-being - as… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
Contraceptives unlock one of the most dormant, but potentially powerful assets in development: women as decision-makers. When women have the power to make choices… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
When girls are educated and free to pursue their passions, they contribute more to a thriving society. When women have a voice, they raise… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
You are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped. — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
Philanthropy is not about the money. It's about using whatever resources you have at your fingertips and applying them to improving the world. — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
In different places you run into myths around vaccination or around family planning. In the United States, one of the myths that existed for… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
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