--- title: "14 Way Quotes By Muhammad Yunus" description: "14 Way quotes by Muhammad Yunus. Plus more from Muhammad Yunus and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a11/muhammad-yunus-2158_change_my-greatest-challenge-has-been-to-change_3185000.png" --- > [My greatest challenge has been to change the mindset of people. Mindsets play strange tricks on us. We see things the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/my-greatest-challenge-has-been-to-change-the-mindset-of-people/) [Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a11/muhammad-yunus-2158_change_my-greatest-challenge-has-been-to-change_3185000.png) > [Young people should think in a different way - they should be job givers not job seeker.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/young-people-should-think-in-a-different-way-they-should-be-job/) [Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdb/muhammad-yunus-2158_different_young-people-should-think-in-a-different_669559.png) > [If we want to help poor people out, one way to do that is to help them explore and use their own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/if-we-want-to-help-poor-people-out-one-way-to-do-that-is-to-help-them/) [Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2d/muhammad-yunus-2158_capability_if-we-want-to-help-poor-people-out-one-w_2652123.png) > [I dismiss personal profit and focus exclusively on people and planet. That's what I call social business: a nondividend company dedicated to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/i-dismiss-personal-profit-and-focus-exclusively-on-people-and-planet/) [Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/242/muhammad-yunus-2158_about_i-dismiss-personal-profit-and-focus-excl_210456.jpg) > [Peace should be understood in a human way - in a broad social, political and economic way. Peace is threatened by unjust…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/peace-should-be-understood-in-a-human-way-in-a-broad-social-political/) [Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/883/muhammad-yunus-2158_absence_peace-should-be-understood-in-a-human-wa_385080.png) > [It's very difficult when you have learned something a certain way. Not only your mind absorbs it; your eyes also are trained…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/it-s-very-difficult-when-you-have-learned-something-a-certain-way-not/) [Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d83/muhammad-yunus-2158_certain_it-s-very-difficult-when-you-have-learne_3003204.jpg) > [If we want to help poor people out, one way to do that is to help them explore and use their own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/if-we-want-to-help-poor-people-out-one-way-to-do-that-is-to-help-them-2/) [Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/697/muhammad-yunus-2158_capability_if-we-want-to-help-poor-people-out-one-w_3020686.jpg) > [The challenge I set before anyone who condemns private-sector business is this: If you are a socially conscious person, why don't you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/the-challenge-i-set-before-anyone-who-condemns-private-sector/) [Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a6/muhammad-yunus-2158_achieve_the-challenge-i-set-before-anyone-who-co_274319.jpg) > [The current financial crisis makes it very clears that the system that we have isn't really working, and this is the right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/the-current-financial-crisis-makes-it-very-clears-that-the-system/) [Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/607/muhammad-yunus-2158_crisis_the-current-financial-crisis-makes-it-ve_1099618.png) > [Hunger is the worst form of deprivation of a human being. Although inability to access food is the immediate cause of hunger,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/hunger-is-the-worst-form-of-deprivation-of-a-human-being-although/) [Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bd/muhammad-yunus-2158_ability_hunger-is-the-worst-form-of-deprivation_808935.png) > [When we want to help the poor, we usually offer them charity. Most often we use charity to avoid recognizing the problem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/when-we-want-to-help-the-poor-we-usually-offer-them-charity-most/) [Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abc/muhammad-yunus-2158_appease_when-we-want-to-help-the-poor-we-usually_245918.jpg) > [We create institutions and policies on the basis of the way we make assumptions about us and others. We accept the fact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/we-create-institutions-and-policies-on-the-basis-of-the-way-we-make/) [Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/272/muhammad-yunus-2158_accepting_we-create-institutions-and-policies-on-t_1713456.png) > [ I strongly believe that we can create a poverty-free world, if we want to… In that kind of world, \[the\] only place… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/i-strongly-believe-that-we-can-create-a-poverty-free-world-if-we-want/) [Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b7/muhammad-yunus-2158_believe_i-strongly-believe-that-we-can-create-a_2616379.jpg) > [...culture is useless unless it is constantly challenged by counter culture. People create culture; culture creates people. It is a two-way street.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/culture-is-useless-unless-it-is-constantly-challenged-by-counter/) [Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/374/muhammad-yunus-2158_behinds_culture-is-useless-unless-it-is-constant_1861040.png) ## Other authors on Way ## More by Muhammad Yunus > [What is entrepreneurship, after all? Bigness is not the issue. Poor people are the ones who take challenges every day. The guy who sells…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/what-is-entrepreneurship-after-all-bigness-is-not-the-issue-poor/) [Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/here-we-were-talking-about-economic-development-about-investing/) [Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/) > [All human beings are very creative - full of potential, full of energy... So, money kind of allows them to express it... And if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/all-human-beings-are-very-creative-full-of-potential-full-of-energy/) [Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/) > [Credit markets were originally created to serve human needs; to provide businesses and individuals with capital to start or expand businesses or fulfill other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/credit-markets-were-originally-created-to-serve-human-needs-to/) [Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/) > [We have a list of human rights - right to food, right to shelter, right to health, right to education, many such items which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/we-have-a-list-of-human-rights-right-to-food-right-to-shelter-right/) [Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/) > [If we are looking for one single action which will enable the poor to overcome their poverty, I would go for credit. Money is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/if-we-are-looking-for-one-single-action-which-will-enable-the-poor-to/) [Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/) > [What we are trying to do is to create a social business in Bangladesh, a joint venture to create restaurants for common people. Good,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/what-we-are-trying-to-do-is-to-create-a-social-business-in-bangladesh/) [Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/) > [There is the expression of selfishness and there is the expression of selflessness - but economists or theoreticians never touched that part. They said:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/there-is-the-expression-of-selfishness-and-there-is-the-expression-of/) [Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/) > [I did something that challenged the banking world. Conventional banks look for the rich; we look for the absolutely poor. All people are entrepreneurs,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/i-did-something-that-challenged-the-banking-world-conventional-banks/) [Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/) > [Poverty is an artificial, external imposition on a human being; it is not innate in a human being. And since it is external, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/poverty-is-an-artificial-external-imposition-on-a-human-being-it-is/) [Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/) > [I made a list of people who needed just a little bit of money. And when the list was complete, there were 42 names.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/i-made-a-list-of-people-who-needed-just-a-little-bit-of-money-and/) [Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/i-dismiss-personal-profit-and-focus-exclusively-on-people-and-planet/) [Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/) > [I have come to believe, deeply and firmly, that we can create a poverty free world if we want to. I came to this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/i-have-come-to-believe-deeply-and-firmly-that-we-can-create-a-poverty/) [Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/) > [The crisis is the price for the capitalist system](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/the-crisis-is-the-price-for-the-capitalist-system/) [Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/) > [I was teaching in one of the universities while the country was suffering from a severe famine. People were dying of hunger, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/i-was-teaching-in-one-of-the-universities-while-the-country-was/) [Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/muhammad-yunus/#itemlist", "name": "14 Way Quotes By Muhammad Yunus", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My greatest challenge has been to change the mindset of people. Mindsets play strange tricks on us. 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