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
[Bill Gates] wanted me to stay working at Microsoft, but I didn't think he could be CEO and we could have the… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
We also ought to recognize that unpaid labor falls predominantly to women. The other thing I would do in countries like the… — Melinda Gates Copy Share Image
Housework comes first, so girls often fall behind in school. Global statistics show that it's increasingly girls, not boys, who don't know… — 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
![“[Bill Gates] wanted me to stay working at Microsoft, but I didn't think he could be CEO and we could have the family life that we both had growing up, which is what we envisioned. I knew I would go back to work at some point later to some profession. I just didn't know what.” quote by Melinda Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b96/melinda-gates-3776_back-to-work_bill-gates-wanted-me-to-stay-working-at_824816.jpg)
