Quote by Sheryl WuDunn

We all have won the lottery of life. How do we discharge that responsibility?

— Sheryl WuDunn

Our focus has to be on changing reality, not changing laws.

— Sheryl WuDunn

Decades from now, people will look back and wonder how societies could have acquiesced in a sex slave trade in the twenty-first century that…

— Sheryl WuDunn

If you economically empower a woman, she represents enormous opportunity that can actually be transformative not only for her family and for her community,…

— Sheryl WuDunn

For lack of a few pinches of ordinary iodised table salt in the diet of a third world pregnant mother, a child can lose…

— Sheryl WuDunn

In contrast, Western historians, and those in South Korea, say the North attacked the South on June 25, 1950. Both sides agree that after…

— Sheryl WuDunn

If something is really outrageous, it doesn't matter if it is one culture, or another, it's outrageous.

— Sheryl WuDunn

In the same way that slavery was a moral challenge for the 19th century and totalitarianism was a challenge for the 20th century, the…

— Sheryl WuDunn

One of the best ways to fight poverty and to fight terrorism is to educate girls and bring women into the formal labor force.

— Sheryl WuDunn

People want to be happy, so they don't want to feel as though they're mired in this world of ugliness. I think that if…

— Sheryl WuDunn

“...cultural barriers can be overcome relatively swiftly where there is the political will to do so.”

— Sheryl WuDunn

“...when women gain control over spending, less family money is devoted to instant gratification and more for education and starting small businesses.”

— Sheryl WuDunn