Ending poverty and ensuring sustainability are the defining challenges of our time. Energy is central to both of them.

We will never end poverty if we don't tackle climate change.

One of the most important things about leadership is that you have to have the kind of humility that will allow you to be coached.

Unless you invest in people, you are not going to see growth in the long term, the medium term, and maybe even the short term.

When you're working on development issues, optimism is not always based on rational analysis, often it is a moral choice.

A lot of young people dont think they can make a difference. Thats really what I am at Dartmouth to do. Im there to tell the young people, Look, a few committed souls can change the world.

We need to have a plan equal to the challenge.

Water and sanitation has not had the same kind of champion that global health, and even education, have had.

Why is it that when it comes to our most cherished social goal [health care], we not only tolerate poor execution, sometimes we even celebrate it?

There will be water and food fights everywhere.

I want to eradicate poverty. I think that theres a tremendous passion for that inside the World Bank.

A friendship between a man and a woman was what you called it when one had been pursuing the other for a long time and never gotten anywhere.

Great leaders build trust from their team because the leader is willing to put his/her people “first.” Once the team believes that, they will put their leader, and the company, first as well.

My heart pounded annoyingly in my ears, and it was getting harder to stay focused. I'd almost gotten trapped in here, and now I'd come back. Sometimes I did have truly terrible ideas.

The number one lobby that opposes campaign finance reform in the United States is the National Association of Broadcasters.

This is my idea of heaven, coming home and watching the news.

The learned man aims for more. But the wise man decreases. And then decreases again.

What dazzles, for the moment spends its spirit; Whats genuine, shall posterity inherit.

To know the pain of too much tenderness

In order to bring out the best in people, you need to give them your best.

Brave rifles! Veterans! You have been baptized in fire and blood and have come out steel!