My whole life has been spent with people who have taken every knock in the world. No advantages. Yet they greet you with a big smile, they give you what they have, and they keep coming back. They are the fighters.

Four billion people on Earth make less than four dollars a day.

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.

Our lives are so short. And our time on this planet is so precious. All we have is each other.

When it comes to solving problems of poverty, impact investing can act as a catalyst, but it is not a silver bullet. Successful businesses serving the poor need more than investment capital. They also need infrastructure to enable effective distribution, strong regulatory systems, access to markets, technical assistance as they scale up, and more

When people gain income, they gain choice, and that is fundamental to dignity.

If there's one value that is immutable, it's integrity or respect, for others and for yourself.