What we call people so often distances us from them, and makes them little.

The only way we really create change is to enter any situation with the humility to listen and to recognize the world as it is, and then the audacity to dream what it could be.

It's about all of us, and the kind of world that we, together, want to live in and share.

I think we so often equate leadership with being experts - the leader is supposed to come in and fix things. But in this interconnected world we live in now, it's almost impossible for just one person to do that.

The poor also are willing to make, and do make, smart decisions, if you give them that opportunity.

I still feel that the kind of leader I want to be is one that spends time understanding our work in a way that allows me to translate it for policymakers and people who have real access to resources.

When I first went to Africa, I thought that I was personally going to save the continent, if not the world.