Jacqueline Novogratz Quotes

The Global Poverty Project's mission is to stand up for the world's poorest people. We fight for the full funding of Millennium Development Goals and advocate meaningful change to government and corporate policies that block progress and entrench injustice.

How can you save the world you have not seen if you can't save the community you have seen?

Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth – these are one and the same fight.

The developed world should be willing to help [Africa] and support her and make this energy affordable.

We are trying to make the world a better place, but that is not necessarily what we accomplish. Many of the problems which preoccupy us are basically insoluble.

What's wrong with the world and what can we do to change it?

How do we make the world work?

Charity plays an important role in upholding the values and advancing the work of the United Nations.

We cannot do everything in Africa, but doing nothing is not an option.

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

The importance of this success of Wipro has become manifold more, because it's the success of Wipro that enables the possibility of making a difference to some of the most disadvantaged people in the world.

Progress in the most impoverished parts of our world enriches us all.

To all people of good will who are working for social justice: never tire of working for a more just world, marked by greater solidarity!

If we are genuinely concerned about the environment and the fellow human beings, and want to end territorial disputes, war, crime, poverty, hunger, and the other problems that confront us today, the intelligent use of science and technology are the tools with which to achieve a new direction – one that will serve all people, and not just a select few.

I believe engineers will save the world.

I think of the kids that live on top of garbage dumps, I think of the ways we could reach out to other countries, I think of certainly climate change. There's so much. The nighttime is that time, is it not?

An authentic faith always implies a deep desire to change the world.

We all have the chance to create a world where extreme poverty is the exception rather than the rule.

Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.

Asked whether donor nations may be becoming fatigued ... The fatigue may be there, but I don't think we can justify it in the face of such misery. We may need to wake up our conscience and our conscience must force us to act.

All equally see in the convulsion in America an era in the history of the world, out of which must come in the end a general recognition of the right of mankind to the produce of their labor and the pursuit of happiness.

It's important for people of color to link up with issues around globalization, food security, health, the environment.

Traditional charity and aid are never going to solve the problems of poverty.

Our biggest challenge in this new century is to take an idea that seems abstract - sustainable development - and turn it into a reality for all the world's people

Climate change and global poverty are two sides of the same coin. Both challenges must be addressed together. If we fail on one, we will also fail on the other.