Development Quote by James Wolfensohn Download Open image “Ownership is a sine qua non of sustainable development.” — James Wolfensohn ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Development Economy Liberalism Ownership Politics Sustainable development Wisdom
The Prime Minister of India, at a meeting that I co-chaired a few months ago, stated that any development that is not sustainable is… — Maurice Strong Copy Share Image
Capitalism isn't sustainable unless it is something that belongs to all stakeholders. — Fumio Kishida Copy Share Image
“Sustainable financing is the measure of prosperity, not just in financial terms, but non-financial as well, for people, planet and prosperity of both.” — Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma Copy Share Image
Sustainability is growth based on forms and processes of development that do not undermine the integrity of the environment on which they depend — Jim MacNeill Copy Share Image
A sustainable business is resource efficient, respects the environment and is a good neighbour — Phil Harding Copy Share Image
Companies not interested in sustainable development issues will not survive long — Malcolm Brinded Copy Share Image
Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. — Gro Harlem Brundtland Copy Share Image
After all, sustainability means running the global environment - Earth Inc. - like a corporation: with depreciation, amortization and maintenance accounts. In other words,… — Maurice Strong Copy Share Image
An owner is someone who chooses to own their life, own their choices, and own their future. — Chris Brogan Copy Share Image
If you're changing the status quo, whatever move you make is disrupting something else. — James Wolfensohn Copy Share Image
The future is in our hands. We are not hapless bystanders. We can influence whether we have a planet of peace, social justice, equity,… — James Wolfensohn Copy Share Image
The interesting thing about debt in most cases is that you have to pay it back. So if you build an overhang of debt,… — James Wolfensohn Copy Share Image
The Bank had never used the word 'corruption' at all until I got there, and the reason for that was, as the general counsel… — James Wolfensohn Copy Share Image
I'm not at all sure that Israel can determine what happens in Palestine, the Palestinian territories. — James Wolfensohn Copy Share Image
First of all, the people left, and they're now coming back. What we have to do is try and help them regain their lives,… — James Wolfensohn Copy Share Image
If you enter the World Bank office in Washington, D.C., you will see written on the left wall, 'The purpose of the World Bank… — James Wolfensohn Copy Share Image
I saw it with my own eyes: Israelis and Palestinians, arm in arm, walking off together and clearly pricing how you could get your… — James Wolfensohn Copy Share Image
Kosovo is an agricultural economy particularly. It also has a couple of good power stations that exported power, and the big cooperative which they… — James Wolfensohn Copy Share Image
The issue of poverty is not a statistical issue. It is a human issue. — James Wolfensohn Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as agents and… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
A lot of times I'll show someone a technique I got really good with, but I didn't put all the hours in. I didn't… — Eddie Bravo Copy Share Image
Thoroughly understand what it is to understand, and not only will you understand the broad lines of all there is to be understood but… — Bernard Lonergan Copy Share Image
All our efforts to defeat poverty and pursue sustainable development will be in vain if environmental degradation and natural resource depletion continue unabated. — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Many humanists have argued that happiness involves a combination of hedonism and creative moral development; that an exuberant life fuses excellence and enjoyment, meaning… — Paul Kurtz Copy Share Image
When they started to drain a swamp where birds and fish had lived, for a new housing development down the road from his apartment,… — Maile Meloy Copy Share Image
Close contact between science and the practice of collective farms and State farms creates inexhaustible opportunities for the development of theoretical knowledge, enabling us… — Trofim Lysenko Copy Share Image
The chances are that you have already come to believe that happiness is unattainable. But men have attained it. And they have attained it… — Arnold Bennett Copy Share Image
Firstly, economic globalisation has brought prosperity and development to many countries, but also financial crises to Asia, Latin America and Russia, and increasing poverty… — Anna Lindh Copy Share Image
They are the gateway for our modern esthetic development, the prophets of the new time. They are most of all, the primitives of the… — Marsden Hartley 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
