Provoking Quotes

443 Provoking quotes by 302 unique authors

There are probably no more market-oriented individuals on the planet, than low income people. — Jacqueline Novogratz
Dignity is more important to the human spirit than wealth. — Jacqueline Novogratz
The time for us to begin innovating and looking for new solutions is now. — Jacqueline Novogratz
I was going to save the world, and I thought I would start with the African continent. — Jacqueline Novogratz
Africans didn't want saving, thank you very much, least of all not by me. — Jacqueline Novogratz
Failure can be an incredibly motivating force. — Jacqueline Novogratz
What we call people so often distances us from them, and makes them little. — Jacqueline Novogratz
Things are always harder than you think they're going to be. — Jacqueline Novogratz
Listening is not only about waiting, but it's also learning how better to ask questions. — Jacqueline Novogratz
When people gain income, they gain choice, and that is fundamental to dignity. — Jacqueline Novogratz
Human beings want to see each other. We want to be heard by each other. — Jacqueline Novogratz
Traditional charity and aid are never going to solve the problems of poverty. — Jacqueline Novogratz
All people deserve access to health at prices they can afford. — Jacqueline Novogratz
We often don't realize what our action & our inaction do to people we think we will never see & never know. — Jacqueline Novogratz
The only way to end poverty, to make it history, is to build viable systems on the ground that deliver critical and affordable goods and… — Jacqueline Novogratz
Four billion people on Earth make less than four dollars a day. — Jacqueline Novogratz
The poor also are willing to make, and do make, smart decisions, if you give them that opportunity. — Jacqueline Novogratz
People really don't want handouts, that they want to make their own decisions. — Jacqueline Novogratz
It's about all of us, and the kind of world that we, together, want to live in and share. — Jacqueline Novogratz
A house that has a library in it has a soul. — Plato
When I moved to the United States [from Asia] in 2001, I experienced a more rigid concept of gender, but somehow I was allowed to… — Geena Rocero
Don't ever miss a day without improving something personally. — Unknown Author
Your teaching must have the integrity of serious, sound words to which no one can take exception. If it does, no opponent will be able… — Paul the Apostle
Fathers, provoke not your children to wrath. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
A threat need not provoke a response if it is not taken up. — Paulo Coelho

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