Top 32 Quotes by Jim Yong Kim

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These are some quotes by South Korean author Jim Yong Kim Public Servant.

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.

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

I've spent my entire life working to invest in human beings and human communities, to help them move down the path of economic development.

I've spent my entire life working to invest in human beings and human communities, to help them move down the path of economic development.

Jim Yong Kim

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

Water and sanitation has not had the same kind of champion that global health, and even education, have had.

Water and sanitation has not had the same kind of champion that global health, and even education, have had.

Jim Yong Kim

Social media has changed the world forever. We're not going to go backwards. People are not going to accept being poor, accept being excluded anymore.

Social media has changed the world forever. We're not going to go backwards. People are not going to accept being poor, accept being excluded anymore.

Jim Yong Kim

Haiti's economy cannot be built by and benefit just a privileged few. It must be built by and benefit all Haitians.

Haiti's economy cannot be built by and benefit just a privileged few. It must be built by and benefit all Haitians.

Jim Yong Kim

In my own view, the life expectancy of Native Americans in the United States is one of the really great moral crises that we face.

In my own view, the life expectancy of Native Americans in the United States is one of the really great moral crises that we face.

Jim Yong Kim

I've always been engaged in social protection programmes.

I've always been engaged in social protection programmes.

Jim Yong Kim

The water issue is critically related to climate change. People say that carbon is the currency of climate change. Water is the teeth.

The water issue is critically related to climate change. People say that carbon is the currency of climate change. Water is the teeth.

Jim Yong Kim

I want to eradicate poverty. I think that there's a tremendous passion for that inside the World Bank.

I want to eradicate poverty. I think that there's a tremendous passion for that inside the World Bank.

Jim Yong Kim

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