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.
ADAM BRAUNIn those moments when priorities clash always stay guided by your values, not your perceived necessities.
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Tourists see, and travelers seek.
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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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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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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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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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The most abundant resources that we possess amongst the 1.5 million nonprofits in the United States are passion and knowledge, yet our most scarce resource is collaboration.
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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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You never realize how much you value something until you are faced with the prospect of losing it.
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Make sure you make it a story you’re proud to have others tell.
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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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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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Big Dreams start with small unreasonable acts
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The single most powerful element of youth is that you don’t have the life experiences to know what can’t be done.
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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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In moments of uncertainty…i mmerse yourself in the life you would be most proud to live.
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