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.
ADAM BRAUNYou never realize how much you value something until you are faced with the prospect of losing it.
More Adam Braun Quotes
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Big Dreams start with small unreasonable acts
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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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It is the local community that needs to own the commitment to education.
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Make sure you make it a story you’re proud to have others tell.
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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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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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For any movement to gain momentum, it must start with a small action.
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A major celebrity is a major brand, and major brands pick very critically what other brands they’re going to associate with. So an A-list celebrity usually picks an A-list brand.
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Every person has a revolution beating within his or her chest
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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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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.
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Your twenties are the time to both accept and fight your way into the person you’re destined to become.
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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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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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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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In those moments when priorities clash always stay guided by your values, not your perceived necessities.
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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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A simple idea, a heartfelt desire, and a world of possibility. A pencil, a promise, and a dream.
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Creating something new is easy, creating something that lasts is the challenge.
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In moments of uncertainty…i mmerse yourself in the life you would be most proud to live.
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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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Never take no from somebody who cannot say yes.
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As our values are the core to who we are as human beings, they are also the easiest way to identify and connect with others in meaningful ways.
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You never realize how much you value something until you are faced with the prospect of losing it.
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Tourists see, and travelers seek.
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