All people are entrepreneurs, but many don't have the opportunity to find that out.

A charity dollar has only one life; a Social Business dollar can be invested over and over again.

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.

The poor themselves can create a poverty-free world. All we have to do is to free them from the chains that we have put around them!

The moment you say microfinance everybody wants to help you.

People.. were poor not because they were stupid or lazy. They worked all day long, doing complex physical tasks. They were poor because the financial institution in the country did not help them widen their economic base.

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.