Social Entrepreneur Quotes

#1. A social entrepreneur finds market-based solutions for change. Because without a market-based solution, without a sustainable solution, you go nowhere.

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

#2. I think the word 'social entrepreneur' is a really good description of what I am. What that means me to is that you have the entrepreneurial gift and spirit to create something out of nothing.

Blake Mycoskie

#3. A little bit of good can turn into a whole lot of good when fueled by the commitment of a social entrepreneur.

Jeffrey Skoll

#4. I don't consider myself a social entrepreneur, but I'm thrilled to be doing good, if that's what I'm doing.

Perry Chen

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

Bill Drayton

#6. The life purpose of the true social entrepreneur is to change the world.

Bill Drayton

#7. The first - the most obvious test of a true social entrepreneur - is are they possessed, really possessed by an idea.

Bill Drayton

#8. A social entrepreneur is somebody who knows how to make an idea reality.

Eboo Patel

#9. Laissez faire does not mean: let soulless mechanical forces operate. It means: let individuals choose how they want to cooperate in the social division of labor and let them determine what the entrepreneurs should produce.

Ludwig Von Mises

#10. It is bad for a man to be obeyed too often.

Robert Shea

#11. She lies there, deflating like a stuck balloon because she knew there would be pain and sometimes, as she's learning so quickly and much too early, we are alone with it. Despite Moms and Dads and all the others who might be hovering nearby, in the end we are alone with it.

P. Carey Reid

#12. Social media really grew up.

Kevin Rose

#13. I know you weren't born to make people happy, but if you did one day someone else will make you happy too.

Amna.s

#14. Great dream or idea comes up when you are thinking of something other than yourself.

Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

#15. As an entrepreneur and mother, I support the need to put women at the center, recognizing their crucial impact on social development and their important role of balancing family and professional responsibilities.

Yelena Baturina

#16. If I had a hammer, there'd be no more folksingers.

Billy Connolly

#17. Seeing how those companies operate, it didn't amount to a massive vote of confidence in their artists. There was talk of me going to Columbia after that, but nothing happened. I got disillusioned, and I pulled back.

Madeleine Peyroux

#18. Social Media Strategy isn't rocket science...but it might as well be if you don't know what you're doing.

Sherree Mongrain

#19. People do see me as sweet and innocent. Not to say that I am not those things. But I have other sides to me.

Janet Jackson

#20. What business entrepreneurs are to the economy, social entrepreneurs are to social change. They are the driven, creative individuals who question the status quo, exploit new opportunities, refuse to give up, and remake the world for the better.

David Bornstein

#21. Entrepreneur, your last 20 tweets has to be about your brain, brand and business.

Onyi Anyado

#22. Sorry darlin', but you're the only girl who can out shine every star in the Texas sky. You're so fuckin' beautiful, without even tryin'; it's just another reason why I love you.

Danielle Jamie

#23. I believe in solving social ills with business skills.

Richie Norton

#24. The way to be irreplaceable is to become a social innovator. Start projects that motivate you to save the world and simultaneously make you money (and create mindshare) for your company. Social innovation makes magic happen.

Richie Norton

#25. Nothing's perfect... because time passes... and the beetle and the worm find their way into everything sooner or later.

Clive Barker

#26. All I want to be is a wandering entrepreneur touching billions of lives. I am going to be the monk who never bought a Ferrari.

Sharad Vivek Sagar

#27. The world must become aware of the fantastic transformational power of social entrepreneurship and the Foundation will work as a catalyst in this effort.

Klaus Schwab

#28. It was true that Blue was just shy of five feet and it was also true that she hadn't eaten her greens, but she'd done the research and she didn't think the two were related.

Maggie Stiefvater

#29. We are the leaders that we have been waiting for. We are the social innovators and entrepreneurs that we have been seeking.

Duane Elgin

#30. When we oppose oppression, we lift our hands from the collective reins that empower such oppression.

Bryant McGill

#31. Move fast and break things.

Ben Barry

#32. We believe Skype in the Classroom will be a milestone in inspiring the next generation of social entrepreneurs and we can't wait to connect students with TOMS partners.

Blake Mycoskie

#33. Good entrepreneurs can manage, but no one but an entrepreneur can entrepreneur, let alone help build and lead the world's community of leading social entrepreneurs and their top business entrepreneur allies.

Bill Drayton