Without impact, innovation is just an idea with promise.

Philanthropy can take the risks that others cannot or will not.

It’s necessary but not sufficient to learn and then work. You must learn from the work and learn while you work.

Expectations have a way of being fulfilled.

The key to economic security - to food security in Africa is empowering the women.

A social impact bond is a new way of bringing financing into social and environmental support issues.

We must do more and with more urgency to empower women.

Impact investing can be a powerful instrument of change.

I have been honored and privileged to have led The Rockefeller Foundation for the last seven years, and I am excited to be leading the Foundation as we enter our centennial year.

You think you're a role model, and they (protégés)turn around and tell you you're a negative role model.

But why, " he said with animation, "do the English not read their own great literature?"Victor laughed triumphantly, and said, "Because at school they are made to hate it.

We can never be gods, after all--but we can become something less than human with frightening ease.

Your value is based on how much and how deeply you can love others without any expectations of a return.

We never know the timber of a man's soul until something cuts into him deeply and brings the grain out strong. You've the making of a mighty fine piece of furniture.

I've been taking longer to write stories lately.

Chad had prowled over to her, and she felt good caged in between those powerful arms, but when he kissed her flushed forehead and then the tip of her nose, she lost a little of herself forever.

Qhuinn: "What is wrong with you, that you care so much about me?" Blay: "What is wrong with you, that you can't see why I would?

To entertain at home is both a relief and a rediscovery - of rooms and settings, of your favorite things, and particularly of your own tastes and ideas.

(Why did they call them sneakers if it was so hard to sneak in them?)

Part of recovery is relapse. I dust myself off and move forward again.