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

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.

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?

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

A young man married is a man that's marred.

and everyone wants to read the poem we’re afraid to write.

Such is our need to shower blame on some distant entity when it is we who lack the courage to face up to what is there before us.

Most parents don't know really their children.

Every dictator uses religion as a prop to keep himself in power.

We make choices everyday, some of them good, some of them bad. And - if we are strong enough - we live with the consequences.

Prodigy only feeds on prodigy, fantasy on fantasy.

Most people dread finding out when they come to die that they have never really lived.

I think, more importantly, it's about who is your core team? Who are the people around you that are going to fight for you and make sure that's all protected?

The question isn't were you challenged. The question is were you changed?