Eli Broad Quotes

Business can be a source of progressive change.

If you believe in making change from the bottom up, if you believe the measure of change is how many people's lives are better, you know it's hard, and some people think it's boring.

I think, what I would communicate to people, if you are really keen in helping the world, you could spend so much quality time in terms of coaching, learning, providing great energy to the social entrepreneurs.

I just do what I can do to be one of the people who make a difference.

Every single person has the power to change the world and help people.

Raising awareness, changing the marketplace, effecting spiritual change - whatever it is that you decide is your thing, go for it.

My theory of change is that there are already millions of people working day in and day out on the ground to deliver on promises on global change. We need to strengthen those institutions and help those people in the field.

People have to understand that unless social enterprise is experimental, it will not succeed in making a difference.

One person can make a difference. In fact, it's not only possible for one person to make a difference, it's essential that one person makes a difference. And believe it or not, that person is you.

Philanthropy is involved with basic innovations that transform society, not simply maintaining the status quo or filling basic social needs that were formerly the province of the public sector.

I want to initiate a change in society in the long term.

We started Ashoka here in India with a simple idea: that you needed social entrepreneurs to deal with problems that don't fit the business paradigm.

Whatever avenue I feel like I can make a difference in, I'd love to do.

I want to make a difference.

I'm an agent of change all day long, and I want to meet other people like that.

What's clear - and exciting - is that communication for social change is growing.

The world needs more social innovations.

I want to be known as a catalyst for change.

I am trying to change the world.

It always feels good to be a part of something you think could actually impact human beings.

What matters is how well we do in trying to make people's lives better. That's why I'm doing this. That's why I work the way that I work. And that's why I love what I'm doing so much.

Most important about what Ashoka is doing is that they make people believe that change is possible. That belief can go viral.

I can't save the world, but if I can share some ideas, people might be able to save themselves.

I want to make a difference with people who want to make a difference, doing something that makes a difference.

There is so much we can do to render service, to make a difference in the world - no matter how large or small our circle of influence.