Gayle Tzemach Lemmon quotes

Entrepreneurship isn't for everyone, and not everyone is going to be an entrepreneur, but women who turn to business, turn to economics, because there are people depending on them, I think that their creativity, their resilience, their spirit, embody what's best about entrepreneurship. (Gayle Tzemach Lemmon)
We are so used to seeing women as victims of war to be pitied rather than survivors of war to be respected. View quote
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
We do not invest in victims, we invest in survivors. View quote
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
I'm a really bad driver. When I'm in L.A. my husband always has to park the car for me, because I'm likely to hit something. View quote
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
The United States will not be in Afghanistan forever. View quote
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
A lot has been said about single mothers. Most of it has been less than flattering. View quote
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
The lessons I learned from my mother and her friends have guided me through death, birth, loss, love, failure, and achievement, on to a Fulbright scholarship and Harvard Business School. They taught me to believe that anything was possible. They have proven to be the strongest family values I could ever have imagined. View quote
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
In Nigeria, along with its West African neighbor Ghana, women are now starting businesses in greater numbers than men. View quote
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Because microfinance is so manageable in terms of the size of the loan, people have made it the cornerstone to lifting women out of poverty. View quote
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Single mothers are raising more of America's children than ever before. View quote
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Women in Afghanistan do not ask the United States to stay for the simple or sentimental reason of safeguarding their rights. They are the first ones to say that this is not enough of a reason for the world's remaining superpower to remain in their country. (Gayle Tzemach Lemmon)