But we have created a society that does not allow opportunities for those people to take care of themselves because we have denied them those opportunities.

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

Each individual person is very important. Each person has tremendous potential. She or he alone can influence the lives of others within the communities, nations, within and beyond her or his own time.

I’m encouraging young people to become social business entrepreneurs and contribute to the world, rather than just making money. Making money is no fun. Contributing to and changing the world is a lot more fun.

Microcredit has shown how you can reach out to people that conventional banking cannot. It has demonstrated that it's a doable proposition.

If I could be useful to another human being, even for a day, that would be a great thing. It would be greater than all the big thoughts I could have at the university.

We prepare our students for jobs and careers, but we don't teach them to think as individuals about what kind of world they would create.