The real metric of success isn't the size of your bank account. It's the number of lives in whom you might be able to make a positive difference.

Stay focused on the mission.

Great entrepreneurs focus intensely on an opportunity where others see nothing. This focus and intensity helps to eliminate wasted effort and distractions. Most companies die from indigestion rather than starvation, i.e. companies suffer from doing too many things at the same time rather than doing too few things very well.

Philanthropy without scale and sustainability is like any other bad business that will simply wither and die on the vine.

True philanthropy requires a disruptive mindset, innovative thinking and a philosophy driven by entrepreneurial insights and creative opportunities.

Sometimes a faint voice based on instinct resonates far more strongly than overpowering logic.

There are as many ways to help another human being as there are people in need of help. For some, the urgent need is as basic as food and water. For others, it is an opportunity to develop a talent, realize an idea, and reach one's full potential.