Muhammad Yunus Quotes About Money

Quotes about: Money

• I went to the bank and proposed that they lend money to the poor people. The bankers almost fell over.

  Muhammad Yunus

  Money, People, Bankers

  Twitter post from Aug 11, 2011

• I had no idea that I would ever get involved with something like lending money to poor people, given the circumstances in which I was working in Bangladesh.

  Muhammad Yunus

  Money, Ideas, People

  "Muhammad Yunus, Banker to the World’s Poorest Citizens, Makes His Case". Interview with Linda O’Bryon, knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu. March 9, 2005.

• I wanted to give money to people like this woman so that they would be free from the moneylenders to sell their product at the price which the markets gave them — which was much higher than what the trader was giving them.

  Muhammad Yunus

  Money, People, Giving

  "Muhammad Yunus, Banker to the World’s Poorest Citizens, Makes His Case". "Nightly Business Report" with Linda O’Bryon, knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu. March 9, 2005.

• Soon we saw that money going to women brought much more benefit to the family than money going to the men. So we changed our policy and gave a high priority to women. As a result, now 96% of our four million borrowers in Grameen Bank are women.

  Muhammad Yunus

  Money, Men, Priorities

  "Muhammad Yunus, Banker to the World’s Poorest Citizens, Makes His Case". Interview with Linda O’Bryon, knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu. March 09, 2005.

• They explained to me that the bank cannot lend money to poor people because these people are not creditworthy.

  Muhammad Yunus

  Money, People, Bankers

  "Muhammad Yunus, Banker to the World’s Poorest Citizens, Makes His Case". Interview with Linda O’Bryon, knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu. March 9, 2005.

• I made a list of people who needed just a little bit of money. And when the list was complete, there were 42 names. The total amount of money they needed was $27. I was shocked.

  Muhammad Yunus

  Money, Names, People

  "Muhammad Yunus, Banker to the World’s Poorest Citizens, Makes His Case". Interview with Linda O’Bryon, knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu. March 9, 2005.

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