Anis Cendol

“Changes are products of intensive efforts.”
― Muhammad Yunus, Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty

“Even today we don't pay serious attention to the issue of poverty, because the powerful remain relatively untouched by it. Most people distance themselves from the issue by saying that if the poor worked harder, they wouldn't be poor.”
― Muhammad Yunus, Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty

“When a destitute mother starts earning an income, her dreams of success invariably center around her children. A woman's second priority is the household. She wants to buy utensils, build a stronger roof, or find a bed for herself and her family. A man has an entirely different set of priorities. When a destitute father earns extra income, he focuses more attention on himself. Thus money entering a household through a woman brings more benefits to the family as a whole.”
― Muhammad Yunus, Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty

“...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, Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty