That's universal - we all want to bring every good thing to our children. But what's not universal is our ability to provide every good thing.

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

The premise of this foundation is one life on this planet is no more valuable than the next.

I care much more about saving the lives of mothers and babies than I do about a fancy museum somewhere.

If you ask, who has the chance to move into the city and get a good job out in the developing world? It's a man. Who's left to care for the kids back at home? The woman is.

Women around the world should have a tool that helps them plan their pregnancies.

[Bill Gates] wanted me to stay working at Microsoft, but I didn't think he could be CEO and we could have the family life that we both had growing up, which is what we envisioned. I knew I would go back to work at some point later to some profession. I just didn't know what.