Bill Drayton

Imagine a world where everyone is really a change maker.

— Bill Drayton

An entrepreneur is someone who brings a pattern change.

— Bill Drayton

White House cultures inevitably reflect the president's character. Jimmy Carter is a thoroughly honest, good person. So was his White House.

— Bill Drayton

The most powerful force in the world is a big idea- if it is the hands of a great entrepreneur.

— Bill Drayton

What is our job as entrepreneurs if not to change things that are crazy?

— Bill Drayton

What is the most powerful lever you can imagine? A big idea, but only if it's in the hands of a truly…

— Bill Drayton

In 1962, when I was 19, I visited India. With introductions from people involved in the U.S. civil rights movement, I was…

— Bill Drayton

You can't be a change-maker by reading a book.

— Bill Drayton

What does an entrepreneur do? The first thing is they've given themselves permission to see a problem. Most people don't want to…

— Bill Drayton

The biggest problem is getting beyond the "you can't" syndrome. The moment you figure that out, you're on your way to flying.…

— Bill Drayton

The first - the most obvious test of a true social entrepreneur - is are they possessed, really possessed by an idea.

— Bill Drayton

Social entrepreneurs are not content just to give a fish or teach how to fish. They will not rest until they have…

— Bill Drayton

We have to teach empathy as we do literacy.

— Bill Drayton

How could any entrepreneur, confronted by such amazing opportunities to help transform the world and to do so with such extraordinary colleagues,…

— Bill Drayton

We started Ashoka here in India with a simple idea: that you needed social entrepreneurs to deal with problems that don't fit…

— Bill Drayton

If everyone is a changemaker, there's no way a problem can outrun a solution

— Bill Drayton

It's not to give people fish It's not to teach them how to fish It's to build a new and better fishing…

— Bill Drayton

The life purpose of the true social entrepreneur is to change the world.

— Bill Drayton

Good entrepreneurs can manage, but no one but an entrepreneur can entrepreneur, let alone help build and lead the world's community of…

— Bill Drayton

In an increasingly connected world it is less likely that a few people 'manage' everyone else. The new environment requires a shift…

— Bill Drayton

Organizations must shift away from repetitive-function hierarchies with rules and enforcement and walls. Instead, we must migrate rapidly to becoming a global…

— Bill Drayton

We are all very deeply the children of our parents and their parents. Far more than we generally realize.

— Bill Drayton

What is your personal definition of "good"? A world in which everyone is universally empathetic and exercises love and respect with full…

— Bill Drayton

Listening is understanding. The skill of empathy is a must to be able to listen...One can listen better if one sees the…

— Bill Drayton

There are millions of people who can get things done. There are very, very few people who will change the pattern in…

— Bill Drayton