I was an economist now turning into a human being - as if these are two different things. I don't know but I did that and then I had no vision. Muhammad Yunus More Quotes by Muhammad Yunus More Quotes From Muhammad Yunus I strongly believe that we can create a poverty-free world, if we want to.... In that kind of world, [the] only place you can see poverty is in the museum. When school children will be on a tour of the poverty museum, they will be horrified to see the misery and indignity of human beings. They will blame their forefathers for tolerating this inhuman condition to continue in a massive way. Muhammad Yunus believe children school What good does the theory [of economics] do if it is not working for people? Muhammad Yunus poverty doe people Money begets money. If you don't have that, you wait around to be hired by somebody at the mercy of others. If you have that money in your hand, you desperately try to make the best use of it and move ahead. And that's generating income for yourself. Muhammad Yunus waiting hands moving The able bodied poor don't want or need charity.... All they need is financial capital. Muhammad Yunus charity want needs We create institutions and policies on the basis of the way we make assumptions about us and others. We accept the fact that we will always have poor people around us. So we have had poor people around us. If we had believed that poverty is unacceptable to us, and that it should not belong to a civilized society, we would have created appropriate institutions and policies to create a poverty-free world. Muhammad Yunus business believe people 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. Muhammad Yunus rights trying people Th direct elimination of elimination of poverty should be the objective of all development aid. Development should be viewed as a human rights issue, not as a question of simply increasing the gross national product (GNP). Muhammad Yunus issues development rights When you get a mobile phone it is almost like having a card to get you out of poverty in a couple of years. Muhammad Yunus phones couple years An individual poor person is an isolated island by himself and herself. IT can end that isolation overnight. Muhammad Yunus isolation technology islands We believe that poverty does not belong in a civilized human society. It belongs in museums [...] A poverty-free world might not be perfect, but it would be the best approximation of the ideal. Muhammad Yunus positive museums believe ...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. Muhammad Yunus despair wonder people UN studies conducted in more than forty developing countries show that the birth rate falls as women gain equality... I believe income-earning opportunities that empower poor women ... will have more impact on curbing population growth that the current system of "encouraging" family planning practices through intimidation tactics.. Family planning should be left to the family. Muhammad Yunus believe country fall 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. Muhammad Yunus voice challenges fear Women have plans for themselves, for their children, about their home, the meals. They have a Vision. A man wants to enjoy himself. Muhammad Yunus home men children 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. Muhammad Yunus overcoming mind writing The new millennium began with a great global dream. World leaders gathered at the United Nations in 2000 and adopted, among others, a historic goal to reduce poverty by half by 2015. Never in human history had such a bold goal been adopted by the entire world in one voice, one that specified time and size. Muhammad Yunus voice goal dream The profit orientation is only one orientation of a person. The same people who are interested in profit-making are also selfless. I am not saying that capitalist theory is wrong. I am saying that it has not been interpreted and practiced fully. Muhammad Yunus profit selfless people In this world of plenty, a tiny baby, who does not yet understand the mystery of the world, is allowed to cry and cry and finally fall asleep without the milk she needs to survive. Muhammad Yunus awakening baby fall The Grameen Bank Ordinance with amendments up to 2008 is a beautiful legal structure for the fulfillment of the ideals and objectives of the bank. Any change in this structure will be devastating for the bank. Muhammad Yunus amendments structure beautiful Money commands everything because that's our interpretation of capitalism ... what kind of world is that? It's a very uncomfortable interpretation of a human being. We have been turned into robots. Muhammad Yunus robots kind world
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