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 BRAUNThey 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.
More Adam Braun Quotes
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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 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 can sketch the future, give life to untold beauty, and communicate the full-force of our love and aspirations.
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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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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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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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Speak the language of the person you want to become.
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That’s when the magic happens- when everyone else is asleep and you’re awake thinking about the world as it is, and the world as it could be. Make the most of those moments.
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Big Dreams start with small unreasonable acts
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Your life should be a story you are excited to tell.
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We have the ability to provide quality education to every child on earth right now.
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Made with Pencils is grounded in the creativity of a few, propelled by the financial support of many, and most importantly, it’s empowering generations to come.
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My journey began with a single pencil. While traveling through India in 2006
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I realized that even big waves start with small ripples
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In those moments when priorities clash always stay guided by your values, not your perceived necessities.
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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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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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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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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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Every person has a revolution beating within his or her chest
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Think about it – most political campaigns are based around values. Barack Obama’s 2008 election campaign galvanized millions of youth behind two very clear values – hope and change.
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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 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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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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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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