Muhammad Yunus Quotes

Charity allows us to go ahead with our own lives without worrying about the lives of the poor. Charity appeases our consciences.

Yes, they will. They do. Unlike the rich, the poor can’t risk not repaying. This is the only chance they have.” The

Nothing is quite as beautiful as farmers harvesting their rice.

Most rich nations use their foreign aid budget mainly to employ their own people and to sell their own goods, with poverty reduction as an afterthought. The 25 percent that is spent in Bangladesh usually goes straight to a tiny elite of local suppliers, contractors, consultants, and experts. Much of this money is used by these elites to buy foreign-made consumer goods, which is of no help to our country’s economy or workforce.

...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.

But I suppose the first thing I would do is move the headquarters to Dhaka.