Jim Yong Kim famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

No matter how good you think you are as a leader, my goodness, the people around you will have all kinds of ideas for how you can get better. So for me, the most fundamental thing about leadership is to have the humility to continue to get feedback and to try to get better - because your job is to try to help everybody else get better.
-- Jim Yong Kim

#Jobs #Humility #Thinking
We will never end poverty if we don't tackle climate change.
-- Jim Yong Kim

#Climate #Poverty #Climate Change
One of the most important things about leadership is that you have to have the kind of humility that will allow you to be coached.
-- Jim Yong Kim

#Humility #Important #Kind
Water and sanitation has not had the same kind of champion that global health, and even education, have had.
-- Jim Yong Kim

#Water #Champion #Kind
I want to eradicate poverty. I think that theres a tremendous passion for that inside the World Bank.
-- Jim Yong Kim

#Passion #Thinking #World
A lot of young people dont think they can make a difference. Thats really what I am at Dartmouth to do. Im there to tell the young people, Look, a few committed souls can change the world.
-- Jim Yong Kim

#Thinking #Differences #People
What happens when corn and wheat prices rise is that we see real increases in malnutrition and under-nutrition. And when children are malnourished, their brain development actually slows down and is affected. So this is not just a short-term impact.
-- Jim Yong Kim

#Children #Real #Impact
We have to find climate-friendly ways of encouraging economic growth. The good news is we think they exist
-- Jim Yong Kim

#Business #Thinking #Growth
There will be water and food fights everywhere.
-- Jim Yong Kim

#Business #Fighting #Water
Ending poverty and ensuringÂ sustainability are the defining challenges of our time. Energy is central toÂ both of them.
-- Jim Yong Kim

#Challenges #Energy #Poverty
We need to have a plan equal to the challenge.
-- Jim Yong Kim

#Inspiring #Challenges #Needs
If we do not act to curb climate change immediately, we will leave our children and grandchildren an unrecognizable planetIt is the poor, those least responsible for climate change and least able to afford adaptation, who would suffer the most.
-- Jim Yong Kim

#Children #Suffering #Climate

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