Just start Don't wait for perfection. Just start and let the work teach you. Jacqueline Novogratz More Quotes by Jacqueline Novogratz More Quotes From Jacqueline Novogratz The only way we really create change is to enter any situation with the humility to listen and to recognize the world as it is, and then the audacity to dream what it could be, to have the patience to start and let the work teach you, to be willing to lead when you need to lead, and to listen. To have a sense of generosity and empathy, but not over-empathy, because accountability is so critical to building solutions that work. Jacqueline Novogratz generosityhumilitydream 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 out how to slay one and nurture the other. Jacqueline Novogratz angelimportantmonsters My dream is to find individuals who take financial resources and convert them into changing the world in the most positive ways. Jacqueline Novogratz thought-provokingdreamway Why do some people stop growing at age 30, just going from work to the couch and television, when others stay vibrant, curious, almost childlike into their nineties? Jacqueline Novogratz agepeopletelevision Our lives are so short. And our time on this planet is so precious. All we have is each other. Jacqueline Novogratz our-timethought-provokingplanets The time for change is now. Jacqueline Novogratz time-for-a-changeprovokingthought-provoking In today's world, the elites are growing even more comfortable with one another across national lines, yet at the same time, less comfortable with low-income people who share their nationality. How we create those bonds of community that are truly global as well as national is one of our generation's great challenges. Jacqueline Novogratz our-generationcommunitypeople As a young woman, I dreamed of changing the world. In my twenties, I went to Africa to try and save the continent, only to learn that Africans neither wanted nor needed saving. Indeed, when I was there, I saw some of the worst that good intentions, traditional charity, and aid can produce. Jacqueline Novogratz twentiestryingworld One of the first things that surprised me in a positive, wonderfully positive way, is that this works - patient capital works. Jacqueline Novogratz patientwayfirsts 1.5 billion people lack proper access to electricity. Many buy kerosene, which can cost 30 percent of their income. It sends millions of metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year. And often the lamp will fall over and catch the house on fire. So mothers hate it, but it's their only option. Jacqueline Novogratz hatemotherfall Nothing important happens in life without a cost. Jacqueline Novogratz thought-provokingcostimportant All people deserve access to health at prices they can afford. Jacqueline Novogratz accessthought-provokingpeople The best change that comes to the world is when all parties are seeing each other as equal, and all parties have the opportunity to be transformed. That really goes back to the idea of dignity. Jacqueline Novogratz partyopportunityideas We can send people to the Moon; we can see if there's life on Mars - why can't we get $5 [mosquito] nets to 500 million people? Jacqueline Novogratz mosquitoesmoonpeople Things are always harder than you think they're going to be. Jacqueline Novogratz harderthought-provokingthinking What we call people so often distances us from them, and makes them little. Jacqueline Novogratz thought-provokingdistancepeople If there's one value that is immutable, it's integrity or respect, for others and for yourself. Jacqueline Novogratz respecting-othersifsintegrity Failure can be an incredibly motivating force. Jacqueline Novogratz thought-provokingmotivationinspiration What we really yearn for as human beings is to be visible. Jacqueline Novogratz visiblethought-provokinghumans I have also been touched by the dark side of power and leadership. Jacqueline Novogratz thought-provokingdarksides
