Money and power by themselves are a two-legged stool — you can balance on them for a while, but eventually, you're going to topple over.
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Arianna Huffington
Smith College Commencement 2013, 2013
The Story Behind This Quote
Huffington told the graduates she wasn't going to tell them how to climb the ladder of success — she wanted them to redefine success itself. Society's definition, she said, was composed of only two parts: money and power. But she urged them to embrace a 'third metric' founded on well-being, wisdom, wonder, and giving back. She called for a third women's revolution, beyond the suffragists and beyond the feminists, one that would change not just who sits at the top but the very definition of what the top means.