Melinda Gates Quotes & Sayings

“If you are successful, it is because somewhere, sometime, someone gave you a life or an idea that started you in the right direction. Remember also that you are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped.”

“Having children made us look differently at all these things that we take for granted, like taking your child to get a vaccine against measles or polio.”

“I care much more about saving the lives of mothers and babies than I do about a fancy museum somewhere.”

“Kids are falling through the cracks and nobody notices it. That to me is what's wrong with the school system.”

“My background was computer science and business school, so eventually I worked my way up where I was running product groups - development, testing, marketing, user education.”

“But we also believe in taking risks, because that's how you move things along.”

“All lives have an equal value.”

“It is still just unbelievable to us that diarrhea is one of the leading causes of child deaths in the world.”

“After a number of years dating, we decided we were good partners.”

“I realized that the only way to get into a good college was to be valedictorian or salutatorian. So that was my goal.”