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

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

The job of a social entrepreneur is to recognize when a part of society is stuck & to provide new ways to get it unstuck.

We need to teach empathy as we do literacy.

The one single factor that determines society’s success is the percentage of change-makers within it.

There is nothing more powerful than a new idea in the hands of a social entrepreneur

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

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 industry

All the problems sitting there are an invitation for you to be creative, make use of your skills and resources and find a solution.

Imagine a world where everyone is really a change maker.

Everyone says youve got to do a foundation and legal structure to finance social change. What nonsense!

Inspiration moves one from Pessimism to Optimism, from Doubt to Faith, from Despair to Hope, and from Darkness to Light!- RVM

Don’t let your past define you, let it mold you into the person you want to be

If I hadn't worked up the courage to talk to Christy, she most likely would have been a pretty face that disappeared back into the crowd.

To pray is to open the door unto Jesus and admit Him into your distress. Your helplessness is the very thing which opens wide the door unto Him and gives Him access to all your needs.

Canada I don't trust. The Canadian government hates me more than the Japanese.

If you have love, you have all

I've never met a woman who thinks they've got a good enough figure - however perfect they look - which is sad, because no one else can see these perceived flaws; they're entirely internal

I think the inner and outer aspects of the self together make one person.

Globalization exists but we shouldn't conflate globalization with trade agreements. Trade agreements is how we can shape globalization.

My job is — I make socks. That’s all I do. I don’t necessarily care about the show. I would rather film this — me doing what I do — than being around my family.