Make sure you continue to trust what you know now about yourself and stay true to what you believe in

We [with Bill Gates] started to make decisions about what we'd invest in. Then I actually started traveling for the foundation. I've probably been to India now eight times at least and Africa numerous times.

If we don't empower women, we don't allow them to unlock the potential of themselves and their children.

You are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped.

When we invest in women and girls, we are investing in the people who invest in everyone else.

If you don't invest in the woman, empower her, give her the things she needs to lift her family up, you're just not going to make the progress that you want to make. But if you put her at the centre, you can change a lot for that family, and it has ripple effects through the economy.

If you don't have an effective teacher in front of the classroom, you won't change the trajectory for students.