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 BRAUNI looked around and acknowledged that what you see around you is proof of what exists within you.
More Adam Braun Quotes
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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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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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When creating a business, does renting an office space now mean that you’re producing goods, training staff and generating revenues?
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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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Make sure you make it a story you’re proud to have others tell.
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It is the local community that needs to own the commitment to education.
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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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Make your life a story worth telling.
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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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