Bill Drayton Quotes

Every child must master empathy-based ethics because the rules are changing; the less they apply the less learning them has positive impact

The most critical variable [to becoming a change-maker] is one’s willingness to give oneself permission.

The job of a social entrepreneur is to recognize when a part of society is stuck & to provide new ways to get it unstuck.

The biggest problem is getting beyond the “you can’t” syndrome. The moment you figure that out, you’re on your way to flying.

There are millions of people who can get things done. There are very, very few people who will change the pattern in the whole field.

Everyone says youve got to do a foundation and legal structure to finance social change. What nonsense!

Organizations must shift away from repetitive-function hierarchies with rules and enforcement and walls.

The social entrepreneurs are governments’ best friends.

The most powerful force in the world is a big idea- if it is the hands of a great entrepreneur.

Instead, we must migrate rapidly to becoming a global ‘team of teams’ that comes together in whatever combination necessary to add the greatest value to the changes underway.