Freedom ultimately is dignity. And dignity, not income, is the opposite of poverty. — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
When people gain income, they gain choice, and that is fundamental to dignity. — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
1.5 billion people lack proper access to electricity. Many buy kerosene, which can cost 30 percent of their income. It sends millions… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
In today's world, the elites are growing even more comfortable with one another across national lines, yet at the same time, less… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
There are probably no more market-oriented individuals on the planet, than low income people. — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
So many low income people have seen so many failed promises broken and seen so many quacks and sporadic medicines offered to… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
Poverty is not only about income levels, but for lack of freedom that comes from physical insecurity — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
“If you move through the world with only your compassion, then you walk on only one leg. But if you move through the world… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
Malaria is a disease that kills one to three million people a year. 300 to 500 million cases are reported. It's estimated that Africa loses about 13 billion dollars a year to the disease. Five dollars can save a life. We can send people to the moon; we can see if there's life on Mars - why can't we get… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share
Grief releases love and it also instills a profound sense of connection. — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
What we yearn for as human beings is to be visible to each other. — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
“We are connected, but the weave is sometimes fragile. (192)” — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
We are connected to each other not only as humans, but to every living thing on the planet. — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
Impact investing has become a broad umbrella that includes all investing with a focus on both financial return and social impact, but in its… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
The older I get, the more determined I feel to do whatever I can to help release that human potential somehow. Not in a… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
After all this atrocity, this is how human beings really pray. — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
“Honorata's story reminds me of the extraordinary power of the human spirit to withstand almost anything. Her story also speaks to the power of… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
I feel like I'm a relentless, pragmatic, determined optimist. — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
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… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
