“If ideas are to take root and spread, therefore, they need champions—obsessive people…

“If ideas are to take root and spread,  therefore, they need champions—obsessive people who have the skill, motivation, energy, and bullheadedness to do whatever is necessary to move them forward: to persuade, inspire, seduce, cajole, enlighten, touch hearts, alleviate fears, shift perceptions, articulate meanings and artfully  maneuver them through systems.”  – David Bornstein, How to Change the World