Once you realize that everything happens for a reason, attitudes towards matters such as illnesses, or lawsuits, for example, change.

Hopefully I'm a role model for positive change for everyone - not just women. It's very important to find balance between men and women.

As the owner of the Arison Group, a philanthropic and business enterprise that spans across 40 countries in 5 continents, my ongoing challenge is to bridge the gap between what I envision and its understanding and practical implementation. The Arison Group operates to realize the overall vision of Doing Good.

Sustainability is the key to our survival on this planet and will also determine success on all levels.

Matters of the heart are important to me. All this materialism and all the money and wealth are things that you don't take to the grave. One day you have it. The next day you don't.

Even a smile is a good deed.

Change is not in the hands of government, not in the hands of a leader or guru, and not in the hands of the powerful or wealthy. It is in our hands: the hands of each and every one of us.