Our desire to bring every good thing to our children is a force for good throughout the world. It’s what propels societies… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
You can have the best vaccines for a woman or her child, but if you can't get her to come and get… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
I'm happy we have three healthy children and we'll stay with three healthy children. — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
If we don't empower women, we don't allow them to unlock the potential of themselves and their children. — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
It is still just unbelievable to us that diarrhea is one of the leading causes of child deaths in the world. — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
It's important to remember that behind every data point is a daughter, a mother, a sister—a person with hopes and dreams. — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
Vaccines are a miracle cure. Eight out of 10 children are getting vaccines. — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
The biggest pieces of work that we do are vaccines, because those save lives, and also family planning. Because if a woman… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
That's universal - we all want to bring every good thing to our children. But what's not universal is our ability to… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
Women are the centre of the family. It's the woman who decides what's eaten in the house, when to have the kids… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
I think the Americans need to understand that a lot of times the children are bored in school, and that is why… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
Having children made us look differently at all these things that we take for granted, like taking your child to get a… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
The biggest killers of children around the world are two things: diarrhea and pneumonia. When you think about it, in the United… — 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… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
If we're going to make progress on this issue [of contraception], we have to be really clear about what our agenda is.… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
The world is full of what seem like intractable problems. Often we let that paralyze us. Instead, let is spur you to… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
As a parent, the responsible thing to do - if you love your child - is to vaccinate your child. — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
Despite the debunking, you have a small group in the last five years that hasn't wanted to vaccinate their children, for instance,… — 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
![“If we're going to make progress on this issue [of contraception], we have to be really clear about what our agenda is. We're not talking about abortion. We're not talking about population control. What I'm talking about is giving women the power to save their lives, to save their children's lives…” quote by Melinda Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ae4/melinda-gates-3776_abortion_if-we-re-going-to-make-progress-on-this_2621229.jpg)
