Women and girls have been my passion for my whole life.

Young people aren't the leaders of tomorrow. They are the leaders of today and tomorrow.

Phones are powerful at providing information.

Change always starts with a girl.

Being poor is not like being a victim. Being poor means that you don't have one resource.

I'm inspired by the resilience of people around the world.

I'm a positive person who likes to see things get done.

Collaboration gets me excited.

One of the things that people aren't aware of is how much progress is being made in eradicating poverty and providing a healthier life and longevity for people around the world.

It's harder to be a poor person than anything else.

Gender data is important. If girls don’t have a birth certificate, how do we know how many are marrying as children?

Peace can be found within, no matter the external circumstances.

In other words, the proof of spiritual maturity is not how 'pure' you are but awareness of your impurity. That very awareness opens the door to grace.

I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with perpetual motion.

I was studying acting, going to UCLA, selling real estate on the weekends

I was lucky enough to get to see guys like Bugs Henderson, Jimmy Wallace, all those great Texas blues players.

I wept when I was borne, and every day shewes why. [I wept when I was born and every day explains why.]

He knew the world and its absurdities as only an intelligent Irishman can; which is to say that where his knowledge or memory failed him, his imagination was always ready to fill the gap.

The best way to fight poverty is to empower people through access to quality education

I'm not designing clothes for someone who is doing lines of coke off the table, like I was when I was at Gucci and Saint Laurent