In the future the question will not be, "Are people credit-worthy", but rather, "Are banks people-worthy?"

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.

Poverty is not created by poor people. It is produced by our failure to create institutions to support human capabilities.

Making money is no fun. Contributing to and changing the world is a lot more fun.

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.

I have come to believe, deeply and firmly, that we can create a poverty free world if we want to. I came to this conclusion not as a product of a pious dream, but as a concrete result of experience gained in the work of the Grameen Bank.

When you get a mobile phone it is almost like having a card to get you out of poverty in a couple of years.