Public service and respect for ideas is a recurrent theme in both the American and Australian sides of my family.

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.

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

Imagine a world where everyone is really a change maker.

From deep quiet gorges and wilderness of the holy mountain came to her wonderful, like silver mist, dreams and silently whispered into her ears that she was designed for extraordinary deeds.

So, if you look at what's common among some of the companies I have, including the Four Seasons, NewsCorp, George V, the Plaza, these are all irreplaceable brands in their own fields.

Reading is the work of the alert mind, is demanding, and under ideal conditions produces finally a sort of ecstasy.

I try to do much of the necessary alteration on the black and white [cartoons] rather than leave it to be done on the paintings.

If I am not I, who will be?

Because life doesn't always happen according to a timetable or calendar. And feelings can't be scheduled.

Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.

The regret on our side is, they used to say years ago, we are reading about you in science class. Now they say, we are reading about you in history class.

I like getting up in the morning, and I like better having something to do when I get up in the morning.

... unless you made your life a turning point, there was no reason for existing.