Muhammad Yunus, Banker To The Poor: Micro-Lending And The Battle Against World Poverty Quotes

The fact that the poor are alive is clear proof of their ability.

Poverty does not belong in civilized human society. Its proper place is in a museum. That's where it will be.

Changes are products of intensive efforts.

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

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.

...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.

Like navigation markings in unknown waters, definitions of poverty need to be distinctive and unambiguous. A definition that is not precise is as bad as no definition at all.

I believe that the emphasis on curbing population growth diverts attention from the more vital issue of pursuing policies that allow the population to take care of itself.

I learned that things are never as complicated as we imagine them to be. It is only our arrogance which seeks to find complicated answers to simple problems.