Top 22 Quotes by Bill Drayton

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These are some quotes by American author Bill Drayton Businessman.

We would like to have every middle and high school become a place where there will be lots of examples of youth competence and confidence.

We would like to have every middle and high school become a place where there will be lots of examples of youth competence and confidence.

Bill Drayton

I was taught by my parents that people who are loud don't have anything to say. I've found if you're suggesting quite big changes, a quiet style may be reassuring.

I was taught by my parents that people who are loud don't have anything to say. I've found if you're suggesting quite big changes, a quiet style may be reassuring.

Bill Drayton

We are all very deeply the children of our parents and their parents. Far more than we generally realize.

We are all very deeply the children of our parents and their parents. Far more than we generally realize.

Bill Drayton

Entrepreneurs cannot be happy people until they have seen their visions become the new reality across all of society.

Entrepreneurs cannot be happy people until they have seen their visions become the new reality across all of society.

Bill Drayton

It's the combination: big idea with a good entrepreneur: there's nothing more powerful.

It's the combination: big idea with a good entrepreneur: there's nothing more powerful.

Bill Drayton

We started Ashoka here in India with a simple idea: that you needed social entrepreneurs to deal with problems that don't fit the business paradigm.

We started Ashoka here in India with a simple idea: that you needed social entrepreneurs to deal with problems that don't fit the business paradigm.

Bill Drayton

In 1962, when I was 19, I visited India. With introductions from people involved in the U.S. civil rights movement, I was able to visit with several of the leading Gandhians there. The hundred-to-one difference in average per capita income between America and India at the time was a stark reality for the people who became my friends there.

Bill Drayton

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

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

Bill Drayton

Change begets change as much as repetition reinforces repetition.

Change begets change as much as repetition reinforces repetition.

Bill Drayton

The social entrepreneurs are governments' best friends.

The social entrepreneurs are governments' best friends.

Bill Drayton

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