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Muhammad Yunus Quotes

Human creativity is unlimited. It is the capacity of humans to make things happen which didn’t happen before. Creativity provides the key to solving our social and economic problems Picture Quote #1

Nothing is more valuable to people than health care, and by paying, they feel less like beggars and more like customers who can and should demand quality care Picture Quote #1

My greatest challenge has been to change the mindset of people. Mindsets play strange tricks on us. We see things the way our minds have instructed our eyes to see Picture Quote #1

Here we were talking about economic development, about investing billions of dollars in various programs, and I could see it wasn’t billions of dollars people needed right away Picture Quote #1

I made a list of people who needed just a little bit of money. And when the list was complete, there were 42 names. The total amount of money they needed was $27. I was shocked Picture Quote #1

I was teaching in one of the universities while the country was suffering from a severe famine. People were dying of hunger, and I felt very helpless. As an economist, I had no tool in my tool box to fix that kind of situation Picture Quote #1

I went to the bank and proposed that they lend money to the poor people. The bankers almost fell over Picture Quote #1

Today, the concept of business is to make money. Making money is the name of the business Picture Quote #1

Poverty is the absence of all human rights. The frustrations, hostility and anger generated by abject poverty cannot sustain peace in any society Picture Quote #1

All human beings are born entrepreneurs. Some get a chance to unleash that capacity. Some never got the chance, never knew that he or she has that capacity Picture Quote #1

Credit markets were originally created to serve human needs; to provide businesses and individuals with capital to start or expand businesses or fulfill other financial needs Picture Quote #1

I have always said that human beings are multidimensional beings. Their happiness comes from many sources, not, as our current economic framework assumes, just from making money Picture Quote #1

In my experience, poor people are the world’s greatest entrepreneurs. Every day, they must innovate in order to survive. They remain poor because they do not have the opportunities to turn their creativity into sustainable income Picture Quote #1

Money commands everything because that’s our interpretation of capitalism... what kind of world is that? It’s a very uncomfortable interpretation of a human being. We have been turned into robots Picture Quote #1

The developing world is full of entrepreneurs and visionaries, who with access to education, equity and credit would play a key role in developing the economic situations in their countries Picture Quote #1

.. things are never as complicated as they seem. It is only our arrogance that prompts us to find unnecessarily complicated answers to simple problems Picture Quote #1

Poverty does not belong in civilized human society. Its proper place is in a museum. That’s where it will be Picture Quote #1

Even today we don’t pay serious attention to the issue of poverty, because the powerful remain relatively untouched by it. Most people distance themselves from the issue by saying that if the poor worked harder, they wouldn’t be poor Picture Quote #1

... one cannot but wonder how an environment can make people despair and sit idle and then, by changing the conditions, one can transform the same people into matchless performers Picture Quote #1

The process of breaking down fear was always my greatest challenge and it was made easier by the careful work and gentle voices of my female workers Picture Quote #1

People.. were poor not because they were stupid or lazy. They worked all day long, doing complex physical tasks. They were poor because the financial institution in the country did not help them widen their economic base Picture Quote #1

I’m encouraging young people to become social business entrepreneurs and contribute to the world, rather than just making money. Making money is no fun. Contributing to and changing the world is a lot more fun Picture Quote #1

We prepare our students for jobs and careers, but we don’t teach them to think as individuals about what kind of world they would create Picture Quote #1

If I could be useful to another human being, even for a day, that would be a great thing. It would be greater than all the big thoughts I could have at the university Picture Quote #1

Each of us has much more hidden inside us than we have had a chance to explore. Unless we create an environment that enables us to discover the limits of our potential, we will never know what we have inside of us Picture Quote #1

This is not charity. This is business: business with a social objective, which is to help people get out of poverty Picture Quote #1

We have to get out of this mindset that the rich will do the business and the poor will have the charity Picture Quote #1

Credit is a human right that should be treated as a human right. If credit can be accepted as a human right, then all other human rights will be easier to establish Picture Quote #1

Each individual person is very important. Each person has tremendous potential. She or he alone can influence the lives of others within the communities, nations, within and beyond her or his own time Picture Quote #1

I should never seek a job in my life, my mission in life is to create jobs. I am not a job seeker, I am a job giver Picture Quote #1

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Human creativity is unlimited. It is the capacity of humans to make things happen which didn’t happen before. Creativity provides the key to solving our social and economic problems (Muhammad Yunus Quotes) Nothing is more valuable to people than health care, and by paying, they feel less like beggars and more like customers who can and should demand quality care (Muhammad Yunus Quotes) My greatest challenge has been to change the mindset of people. Mindsets play strange tricks on us. We see things the way our minds have instructed our eyes to see (Muhammad Yunus Quotes) Here we were talking about economic development, about investing billions of dollars in various programs, and I could see it wasn’t billions of dollars people needed right away (Muhammad Yunus Quotes) I made a list of people who needed just a little bit of money. And when the list was complete, there were 42 names. The total amount of money they needed was $27. I was shocked (Muhammad Yunus Quotes) I was teaching in one of the universities while the country was suffering from a severe famine. People were dying of hunger, and I felt very helpless. As an economist, I had no tool in my tool box to fix that kind of situation (Muhammad Yunus Quotes) I went to the bank and proposed that they lend money to the poor people. The bankers almost fell over (Muhammad Yunus Quotes) Today, the concept of business is to make money. Making money is the name of the business (Muhammad Yunus Quotes) Poverty is the absence of all human rights. The frustrations, hostility and anger generated by abject poverty cannot sustain peace in any society (Muhammad Yunus Quotes) All human beings are born entrepreneurs. Some get a chance to unleash that capacity. Some never got the chance, never knew that he or she has that capacity (Muhammad Yunus Quotes) Credit markets were originally created to serve human needs; to provide businesses and individuals with capital to start or expand businesses or fulfill other financial needs (Muhammad Yunus Quotes) I have always said that human beings are multidimensional beings. Their happiness comes from many sources, not, as our current economic framework assumes, just from making money (Muhammad Yunus Quotes) In my experience, poor people are the world’s greatest entrepreneurs. Every day, they must innovate in order to survive. They remain poor because they do not have the opportunities to turn their creativity into sustainable income (Muhammad Yunus Quotes) Money commands everything because that’s our interpretation of capitalism... what kind of world is that? It’s a very uncomfortable interpretation of a human being. We have been turned into robots (Muhammad Yunus Quotes) The developing world is full of entrepreneurs and visionaries, who with access to education, equity and credit would play a key role in developing the economic situations in their countries (Muhammad Yunus Quotes) .. things are never as complicated as they seem. It is only our arrogance that prompts us to find unnecessarily complicated answers to simple problems (Muhammad Yunus Quotes) Poverty does not belong in civilized human society. Its proper place is in a museum. That’s where it will be (Muhammad Yunus Quotes) Even today we don’t pay serious attention to the issue of poverty, because the powerful remain relatively untouched by it. Most people distance themselves from the issue by saying that if the poor worked harder, they wouldn’t be poor (Muhammad Yunus Quotes) ... one cannot but wonder how an environment can make people despair and sit idle and then, by changing the conditions, one can transform the same people into matchless performers (Muhammad Yunus Quotes) The process of breaking down fear was always my greatest challenge and it was made easier by the careful work and gentle voices of my female workers (Muhammad Yunus Quotes) People.. were poor not because they were stupid or lazy. They worked all day long, doing complex physical tasks. They were poor because the financial institution in the country did not help them widen their economic base (Muhammad Yunus Quotes) I’m encouraging young people to become social business entrepreneurs and contribute to the world, rather than just making money. Making money is no fun. Contributing to and changing the world is a lot more fun (Muhammad Yunus Quotes) We prepare our students for jobs and careers, but we don’t teach them to think as individuals about what kind of world they would create (Muhammad Yunus Quotes) If I could be useful to another human being, even for a day, that would be a great thing. It would be greater than all the big thoughts I could have at the university (Muhammad Yunus Quotes) Each of us has much more hidden inside us than we have had a chance to explore. Unless we create an environment that enables us to discover the limits of our potential, we will never know what we have inside of us (Muhammad Yunus Quotes) This is not charity. This is business: business with a social objective, which is to help people get out of poverty (Muhammad Yunus Quotes) We have to get out of this mindset that the rich will do the business and the poor will have the charity (Muhammad Yunus Quotes) Credit is a human right that should be treated as a human right. If credit can be accepted as a human right, then all other human rights will be easier to establish (Muhammad Yunus Quotes) Each individual person is very important. Each person has tremendous potential. She or he alone can influence the lives of others within the communities, nations, within and beyond her or his own time (Muhammad Yunus Quotes) I should never seek a job in my life, my mission in life is to create jobs. I am not a job seeker, I am a job giver (Muhammad Yunus Quotes)

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