Every Gift Matters Quotes

“Whenever I meet people for the first time, I always ask them to give me their elevator speech on their organization, their program, or themselves. I can quickly tell what kind of a leader the person is by what they are saying. Leaders who understand their challenges, know their goals, and know how to communicate them effectively are leaders worth backing. Look for leaders who have something important to say and who say it well.”
― Carrie Morgridge, Every Gift Matters: How Your Passion Can Change the World

“The title people have is less important to us than the passion they have for leading the charge and inspiring everybody around them to achieve greater success.”
― Carrie Morgridge, Every Gift Matters: How Your Passion Can Change the World

“We don’t generally put money into operational budgets and usually don’t fund any one recipient for more than three years. That allows us to start or support specific, well-defined programs and track their progress, then let them move forward on their own strength. Certainly many other needs are critical to the organizations, and there are other donors who love giving to operations; it’s just not our passion.”
― Carrie Morgridge, Every Gift Matters: How Your Passion Can Change the World

“Sometimes things happen in life that don’t seem significant at the time but that turn out to be critically important later on.”
― Carrie Morgridge, Every Gift Matters: How Your Passion Can Change the World

“Mom and Dad had met and married after Dad got back from the Naval Hospital located in Guam during the Vietnam Conflict in August 1964. When I came along, Mom babysat other children at home so she could be with me, while Dad went to college full-time and held down two jobs at night.”
― Carrie Morgridge, Every Gift Matters: How Your Passion Can Change the World

“Each person and every gift can make a difference. Whoever you are, no matter how much or how little you have, your gift matters. The smallest, seemingly unimportant, donation can transform a life. And the best news is that giving transforms two lives: the one who receives and the one”
― Carrie Morgridge, Every Gift Matters: How Your Passion Can Change the World

“You might never meet any of the people you choose to help, but every one of them is a starfish tossed back into the sea with a new life in front of them. For all you’ve done and for all you will do, thank you.”
― Carrie Morgridge, Every Gift Matters: How Your Passion Can Change the World