They don’t come off. I walk into a lot of very high-level boardrooms now, and I present to distinguished conferences, but these bracelets remind me of the places I’ve been and the people I’ve met.
ADAM BRAUNI understood that I might fail, but I wouldn’t let it happen because I changed my compass along the way.
More Adam Braun Quotes
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I’m not a non-profit person. I think of myself as an entrepreneur who wants to work on global education.
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In moments of uncertainty, when you must chose between two paths, allowing yourself to be overcome by either the fear of failure or the dimly lit light of possibility, immerse yourself in the life you would be most proud to live.
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I understood that I might fail, but I wouldn’t let it happen because I changed my compass along the way.
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I asked a boy begging on the streets, ‘If you could have anything in the world, what would you want?’ and he answered me with two words: ‘A pencil.’ Luckily, I had one in my pocket, and in the second it took me to give it to him, a defining dream was born.
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Big Dreams start with small unreasonable acts
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Make your life a story worth telling.
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It always surprises me when donors who operate successful businesses assume that just building a school structure means that a community now has access to education.
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We have every resource necessary to provide access to education for every child on the planet; we just need to commit to enabling it.
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Tourists see, and travelers seek.
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For any movement to gain momentum, it must start with a small action.
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When it comes to fundraising for a social enterprise, if you are pursuing your true passion, you’ll learn to become great at your craft because you’ll care so much about perfecting the skills necessary to make that dream a reality.
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We fear leaving those familiar surroundings, which is natural, but through exploration of the unfamiliar we stop focusing on the labels that define WHAT we are and discover WHO we are.
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Never take no from somebody who cannot say yes.
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It’s the presence of others who are smarter, kinder, wiser, and different from you that enables you to evolve. Those are the people to surround yourself with at all times.
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I could enjoy the life that I had by virtue of the educational attainment that my grandparents and parents had pursued. Education was always incredibly valued in our family.
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I realized that even big waves start with small ripples
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Many of us spend our entire lives in the same bubble – we surround ourselves with people who share our opinions, speak the way we speak, and look the way we look.
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True self-discovery begins where your comfort zone ends.
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It can sketch the future, give life to untold beauty, and communicate the full-force of our love and aspirations.
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What can a pencil do for all of us? Amazing things. It can write transcendent poetry, uplifting music, or life-changing equations
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I looked around and acknowledged that what you see around you is proof of what exists within you.
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For any movement to gain momentum, it must start with a small action. This action becomes multiplied by the masses, and is made tangible when leadership changes course due to the weight of the movement’s voice.
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A simple idea, a heartfelt desire, and a world of possibility. A pencil, a promise, and a dream.
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Make your life a story worth telling. You only get one shot at this existence, and one day when you’re gone the most important thing you’ll leave behind is the legacy of the life you lived.
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My journey began with a single pencil. While traveling through India in 2006
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It is the local community that needs to own the commitment to education.
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