Judith Rodin Quotes

#1. This was the invention of modern American philanthropy as we know it. The idea of systematizing giving to achieve human progress was the true innovation of John D. Rockefeller, and ultimately the Rockefeller Foundation's legacy.

Judith Rodin

#2. I have been honored and privileged to have led The Rockefeller Foundation for the last seven years, and I am excited to be leading the Foundation as we enter our centennial year.

Judith Rodin

#3. Every thing has a soul, every soul has emotions.

Paulo Coelho

#4. Superstitious notions propagated in infancy are hardly ever totally eradicate, not even in minds grown strong enough to despise the like credulous folly in others.

Samuel Richardson

#5. I think all philanthropy invests in product innovation, whether in a vaccine or a new kind of product of one sort or another, and I think we'll all continue to do that.

Judith Rodin

#6. It's necessary but not sufficient to learn and then work. You must learn from the work and learn while you work.

Judith Rodin

#7. It feels great to be a role model and I'm very careful with the things I do. I'm not perfect, I do make a lot of mistakes, but I try my best.

Angie Stone

#8. You lil Fraggle Rock, beat you wit a padded lock

Nicki Minaj

#9. community, an organization, or a natural system - to prepare for disruptions, to recover from shocks and stresses, and to adapt and grow from a disruptive experience. As you build resilience, therefore, you become more able to prevent or mitigate stresses and shocks you can identify

Judith Rodin

#10. The girl was not specifically religious; [...] yet although her faith was nameless her way of living was somehow an affirmation of life rather than a negation of it.

R.D. Laing

#11. That is the resilience dividend. It means more than effectively returning to normal functioning after a disruption, although that is critical. It is about achieving significant transformation that yields benefits even when disruptions are not

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#12. Without impact, innovation is just an idea with promise.

Judith Rodin

#13. Never ... stop at the boundaries of what you think your knowledge or training would suggest. If a problem grabs you, run with it and try to understand it from beginning to end, even if that means learning new techniques or developing them yourself.

Judith Rodin

#14. Philanthropy can take the risks that others cannot or will not.

Judith Rodin

#15. What we want to tell, we wish our friend to have curiosity to hear.

Samuel Richardson

#16. I got involved when I was a graduate student at UCLA when UCLA was the first site on the net.

Jon Postel

#17. We must do more and with more urgency to empower women.

Judith Rodin

#18. There's a lot of work being done through the innovation arm of the World Bank, at the World Bank Institute. There's a lot of work that we at the Rockefeller Foundation are doing and funding towards that end, and increasingly, the U.S. government is getting engaged.

Judith Rodin

#19. More likely drinking Coca-Cola... than water will be a symmetry...

Deyth Banger

#20. The history of the world suggests that without love of God there is little likelihood of a love for man that does not become corrupt.

Francois Fenelon

#21. The extraordinary genius of John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie 100 years ago was their recognition that the great wealth they had amassed could be put to public good and used to solve the complex problems for which there were no other sources of capital.

Judith Rodin

#22. Seize today with the hope of tomorrow and yesterday's wisdom.

A.J. Arias

#23. We Pisces, we're a special breed.

Jodi Picoult

#24. A social impact bond is a new way of bringing financing into social and environmental support issues.

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#25. The key to economic security - to food security in Africa is empowering the women.

Judith Rodin

#26. Several studies, including research done by Allison Byrum of the American Chemical Society, have shown fruits and vegetables grown without pesticides and herbicides to contain 50 to 60 percent more antioxidants than their sprayed counterparts.

Barbara Kingsolver

#27. Expectations have a way of being fulfilled.

Judith Rodin

#28. You also develop greater capacity to bounce back from a crisis, learn from it, and achieve revitalization. Ideally, as you become more adept at managing disruption and skilled at resilience

Judith Rodin

#29. I write because I love to. I'm very, very fortunate to have found something that I love doing that also earns my living. But to be honest, I'd write even if I weren't being paid to.

Christopher Paul Curtis

#30. Impact investing can be a powerful instrument of change.

Judith Rodin

#31. In the twenty-first century, building resilience is one of our most urgent social and economic issues because we live in a world that is defined by disruption. Not a month goes by that we don't see some kind of disturbance to the normal flow of life

Judith Rodin