The poor also are willing to make, and do make, smart decisions, if you give them that opportunity. — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
The poor don't live in functional market economies as the rest of us do, but in political economies where corruption and broken… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
The only way to end poverty, to make it history, is to build viable systems on the ground that deliver critical and… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
Companies like Husk Power Systems are working to impact positively not only the environment, but to ensure that someday everyone, including the… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
When it comes to solving problems of poverty, impact investing can act as a catalyst, but it is not a silver bullet.… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
On the one hand, I loved being a banker. I loved how numbers could tell a story and how you can invest… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
Standing with the poor means walking away from unethical leaders, even when their companies are 'succeeding.' — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
When Jeff Sachs says every poor person should receive a free bed net, I agree - but in reality, many end up… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
When we deny the poor and the vulnerable their own human dignity and capacity for freedom and choice, it becomes self-denial. It… — 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… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
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
