One of the most important things about leadership is that you have to have the kind of humility that will allow you to be coached.

Today there are a lot places where people say they're just hopeless. If I can come from a hopeless country, get an education, become a hyphenated American and become president of the World Bank, it's my moral duty to make sure that every single person on the planet has that opportunity.

I want to eradicate poverty. I think that theres a tremendous passion for that inside the World Bank.

We need to have a plan equal to the challenge.

Unless you invest in people, you are not going to see growth in the long term, the medium term, and maybe even the short term.

A lot of young people dont think they can make a difference. Thats really what I am at Dartmouth to do. Im there to tell the young people, Look, a few committed souls can change the world.

We will never end poverty if we don't tackle climate change.