“The biggest pieces of work that we do are vaccines, because those save lives, and also family planning. Because if a woman can space the births of her children, it changes everything for her health and her child’s health.”

As a parent, the responsible thing to do – if you love your child – is to vaccinate your child.

Abortion has become a very politicised issue that I think countries have to work out themselves. In a lot of countries, people can’t even yet agree on what their laws should be.

If we don’t empower women, we don’t allow them to unlock the potential of themselves and their children.

Our economies are built on the backs of all this unpaid labor that women do.

Sometimes it’s the people you can’t help who inspire you the most.

If you can’t travel to the developing world, look at helping to fund a woman with a small loan and follow her. Learn her story. Learn about the difference that you’re making.

In different places you run into myths around vaccination or around family planning. In the United States, one of the myths that existed for a long time, that has been completely debunked, was that autism was linked to a vaccine.

I felt suicidal. I couldn’t stop crying. I remember thinking, wouldn’t it be great if the car crashed and I died?

Birth control has almost completely and totally disappeared from the global health agenda, and the victims of this paralysis are the people of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

We have to be careful in how we use this light shined on us.

Take time to learn about the lives of women around the world-and try to play a small part in their fight to create the future they deserve.

Connect deeply with others. Our humanity is the one thing that we all have in common.

Our desire to bring every good thing to our children is a force for good throughout the world. It’s what propels societies forward.

Poverty disproportionately affects women around the world.

We set out what’s going to be our work time versus our foundation time versus family time, and we’ll reassess that… sometimes every week.

Deep human connection is … the purpose and the result of a meaningful life – and it will inspire the most amazing acts of love, generosity, and humanity.

I believe that the biggest problem that humanity faces is an ego sensitivity to finding out whether one is right or wrong and identifying what one’s strengths and weaknesses are.

The biggest difference between Jesus Christ and ethical and moral teachers who have been deified by man. Is that these moralists came to make bad people good. Jesus came to make dead people live!

No matter what size I am I love performing no matter how big or little I am! I feel good.

Put on a sweater and really great sneakers with a big scarf, and you’ll look so stylish. For me, they are an everyday essential.

The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.

If God is your partner, make your plans BIG!

If you started in New York you were dealing with the biggest guys in the world. You’re dealing with Charlie Parker and all the big bands and everything. We got more experience working in Seattle.

I’m so glad we found each other in this great big mess.