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Melinda Gates Quotes

Total quotes: 15
“Strong women make strong societies. Nothing matters more to our future than the well being of women and children.”
— Melinda Gates, Melinda French Gates- 2003 Powerful Voices Luncheon
Tagged: Strong, Women, societies, Matters, Children, Future, civilization, strength, People
“A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.”
— Melinda Gates, Melinda French Gates- 2003 Powerful Voices Luncheon
Tagged: Woman, voice, female, feminine, Strong, strength, oipinion, Search, find, difficult, Journey, Struggle
“When we invest in women and girls, we are investing in the people who invest in everyone else.”
— Melinda Gates, Melinda Gates shares scalable ways to invest in women
Tagged: invest, Women, Girls, female, Feminist, Movement, Education, Society, Improvement, Advancement, Everybody, People, civilization
“If you are successful, it is because somewhere, sometime, someone gave you a life or an idea that started you in the right direction. Remember also that you are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped.”
— Melinda Gates, The Science of Success: What Researchers Know that You Should Know
Tagged: Mindset, Successful, Somewhere, sometime, someone, Life, idea, Start, Direction, indebted, Debt, Gratitude, grateful, fortunate, fortunes, help, thankful
“ Let your heart break. It will change what you do with your optimism.”
— Melinda Gates, Text of the 2014 Commencement address by Bill and Melinda Gates
Tagged: heart, Break, Love, Ache, Loss, hurt, Change, Mindset, Emotion, Optimism
“But you can change the way you think about other people. You can choose to see their humanity first -- the one big thing that makes them the same as you, instead of the many things that make them different from you.”
— Melinda Gates, Melinda Gates: Creating a Brotherhood
Tagged: Change, Think, People, Choose, see, humanity, Same, different, similarities, similarity, Vision, sight, Acceptance, Society
“It’s less about a specific a policy or program that the development community is creating, it’s more about what women are creating for themselves.”
— Melinda Gates, Melinda Gates shares scalable ways to invest in women
Tagged: Policy, Program, Development, Community, Society, Mindset, Create, Women, Improvement, Advancement, Innovation, personal
“Some people call you nerds – and you claim the label with pride.”
— Melinda Gates, Text of the 2014 Commencement address by Bill and Melinda Gates
Tagged: People, Society, Judgement, Names, Nerds, Geeks, label, Pride
“Over time, I developed the confidence to stop trying to emulate others and to lead in a way that felt comfortable and true to me, it made all the difference. So trust yourself and trust your own voice. Women speaking up for themselves and for those around them is the strongest force we have to change the world.”
— Melinda Gates, Melinda Gates shares scalable ways to invest in women
Tagged: Confidence, emulate, comfortable, Comfort, Trust, Yourself, self, Mindset, voice, Women, Speaking, female, Strong, force, Change, World
“There is no one more fascinating – no one more alive with the possibilities of life, no one more curious to learn from an adult or mentor who will spend some time with her. For energy…for spontaneity…for a sense of the full range of human emotion, there’s nothing like having a teenage girl in your life.”
— Melinda Gates, Melinda French Gates- 2003 Powerful Voices Luncheon
Tagged: fascinating, possibilities, Life, curious, learn, adult, Mentor, Energy, spontaneity, Emotion, human, Girl
“It takes a lot of strength to speak in public about your goals. And their strength proves the transformation that can happen when a young woman, at a crucial stage of her life, is empowered with the simple message that her dreams do matter.”
— Melinda Gates, Melinda French Gates- 2003 Powerful Voices Luncheon
Tagged: strength, Speak, public, Goals, Transformation, young woman, crucial, stage, Life, message, Empowered, Dreams, Matter
“A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman.”
— Melinda Gates, 30 Empowering Quotes from Women Who Dare
Tagged: Women Empowerment
“It’s not easy to bring a new idea into existence. It’s not easy even to stand up and talk about why things need to change. I know that from my own experience as a young adolescent searching for my own voice. It’s a long and difficult process, and I think it’s fair to say that it’s never finished. At least I hope it’s never finished. I think a voice is always a work in progress.”
— Melinda Gates, Melinda French Gates- 2003 Powerful Voices Luncheon
Tagged: idea, Existence, Stand Up, Change, Speak Up, talk, voice, strenght, Courage, Brave, adolescent, Experience, difficult, Hope, Progress, never finished
“But just because you don't qualify for sainthood doesn't mean you can't form deep human connections -- or that your connections can't make a difference in the world. That's where technology comes in. If you make the moral choice to connect deeply to others, then your computer, your phone, and your tablet make it so much easier to do.”
— Melinda Gates, Melinda Gates: Creating a Brotherhood
Tagged: sainthood, qualify, Human Connections, Technology, Moral, Choice, computer, Phone, tablet, Relationships
“The people who say technology has disconnected you from others are wrong. So are the people who say technology automatically connects you to others. Technology is just a tool. It's a powerful tool, but it's just a tool. Deep human connection is very different. It's not a tool. It's not a means to an end. It is the end -- the purpose and the result of a meaningful life -- and it will inspire the most amazing acts of love, generosity, and humanity.”
— Melinda Gates, Melinda Gates: Creating a Brotherhood
Tagged: Technology, Disconnected, Automatic, connect, Tool, Powerful, Human Connection, different, Means, purpose, Result, meaningful, Life, inspire, Amazing, Love, Generosity, humanity
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