Home / Quotes / Quote by Muhammad Yunus

Quote by Muhammad Yunus

“To overcome poverty and the flaws of the economic crisis in our society, we need to envision our social life. We have to free our mind, imagine what has never happened before and write social fiction. We need to imagine things to make them happen. If you don't imagine, it will never happen.”

Quote by Muhammad Yunus

Author

Muhammad Yunus, born on June 28, 1940, is a renowned entrepreneur, economist, and philanthropist from Bangladesh. He is best known for founding Grameen Bank, which provides microloans to the poor to help them start businesses and improve their lives. For his work, Yunus was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006. more

You May Also Like

“Unprecedented technological capabilities combined with unlimited human creativity have given us tremendous power to take on intractable problems like poverty, unemployment, disease, and environmental degradation. Our challenge is to translate this extraordinary potential into meaningful change.”

Humans Problem Given Challenges Poverty Creativity Disease Environmental Extraordinary Meaningful Capability Translate Technological Unemployment Unlimited Degradation Unprecedented Environmental Degradation

Author:Muhammad Yunus

“We developed microfinance to fight loan sharks - I was telling people don't go to loan sharks - not trying to take advantage and make money for myself. I would be a junior loan shark if I did ... It is not a panacea.”

People Ifs Trying Would Be Fighting Advantage Making Money Loan Juniors Sharks Panacea Microfinance

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 are considered and accepted as bill of rights. These are to be insured to people. So all nations, all societies try to do that.”

People Trying Humans Nations Rights Bills Human Rights Lists Accepted Shelter Items Bill Of Rights

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, healthy food at affordable prices so that people don't have to opt for food that is unhealthy and unhygienic.”

People Trying Social Common Healthy Restaurants Venture Joints Affordable Unhealthy Bangladesh Healthy Food Social Business Joint Ventures

Author:Muhammad Yunus

“What we need is to think strategically about development, analyzing a country's potential role in its region and the world in search of opportunities for growth. Platforms like the Global Social Business Summit can facilitate the process on bringing about change.”

Thinking World Needs Country Opportunity Social Process Growth Roles Development Regions Platforms Summit Facilitate Analyzing Social Business

Author:Muhammad Yunus

“No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.”

Source: With Love and Irony

“On the whole, the enjoyment of leisure is something which decidedly costs less than the enjoyment of luxury. All it requires is an artistic temperament which is bent on seeking a perfectly useless afternoon spent in a perfectly useless manner.”

Ifs Life Inspirational Learning Useless Afternoon I Hate You Uselessness

Author:Lin Yutang

“Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.”

“Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice.”

Inspirational Motivational Justice Liberty Soldier Human Rights Lawyer Policemen Veterans Day

Author:Lin Yutang

“Society can exist only on the basis that there is some amount of polished lying and that no one says exactly what he thinks.”

Thinking Life Success Lying Literature Amount Bases Polished Honest Truth

Book:The Little Critic: Essays, Satire and Sketches on China (second Series: 1933-1935)

Source: The Little Critic: Essays, Satire and Sketches on China (second Series: 1933-1935)