We certainly noted that when given the opportunity, women handle money more efficiently. They have long term vision, they manage money more… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
I had no idea that I would ever get involved with something like lending money to poor people, given the circumstances in… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
Civilization has given us enormous successes: going to the moon, technology. But then this is the civilisation that took us to debt,… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
Unprecedented technological capabilities combined with unlimited human creativity have given us tremendous power to take on intractable problems like poverty, unemployment, disease,… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
Grameen Bank was formed as an institution owned by its borrower members, who are poor women. Through its unique decision-making process, Grameen… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
I will not spend the money for myself. I will rather spend it in special business on a no-profit-no-loss policy. We will… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
My experience working in the Grameen Bank has given me faith; an unshakable faith in the creativity of human beings. It leads… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
What is entrepreneurship, after all? Bigness is not the issue. Poor people are the ones who take challenges every day. The guy who sells… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
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… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
All human beings are very creative - full of potential, full of energy... So, money kind of allows them to express it... And if… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
Credit markets were originally created to serve human needs; to provide businesses and individuals with capital to start or expand businesses or fulfill other… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
We have a list of human rights - right to food, right to shelter, right to health, right to education, many such items which… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
If we are looking for one single action which will enable the poor to overcome their poverty, I would go for credit. Money is… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
What we are trying to do is to create a social business in Bangladesh, a joint venture to create restaurants for common people. Good,… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
There is the expression of selfishness and there is the expression of selflessness - but economists or theoreticians never touched that part. They said:… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
I did something that challenged the banking world. Conventional banks look for the rich; we look for the absolutely poor. All people are entrepreneurs,… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
Poverty is an artificial, external imposition on a human being; it is not innate in a human being. And since it is external, it… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
I made a list of people who needed just a little bit of money. And when the list was complete, there were 42 names.… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
I dismiss personal profit and focus exclusively on people and planet. That's what I call social business: a nondividend company dedicated to solving human… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
