“Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty (Proverbs 21:5).” — John Wooden Copy Share Image
This globalization is lifting up hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. The Left needs to see that. — Chrystia Freeland Copy Share Image
“You will achieve what you want to achieve, only if you can cope with the theory of altruism.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Charity puts and end to poverty; righteous conduct to misery; discretion to ignorance; and scrutiny to fear. — Chanakya Copy Share Image
My vision for the future? ... a world completely free from poverty. — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares. — Daniel Defoe Copy Share Image
The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In imitation of our Master, we Christians are called to confront the poverty of our brothers and sisters, to touch it, to… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We have a middle class that lives on a razor blade. So sometimes when you say poverty, you neglect a large portion… — Elizabeth Edwards Copy Share Image
“The cruelties of property and privilege are always more ferocious than the revenges of poverty and oppression.” — C.L.R. James Copy Share Image
Economic progress and justice do not consist in superbly equalized destitution, but in the constant creation of more and more goods and… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Giving every girl in the world the chance of a healthy, educated, and economically independent life is essential if we are to… — Alok Sharma Copy Share Image
The impact of NCDs is not only affecting the urban populations but also rural poor. This is compounding the basic problem of… — Marty Natalegawa Copy Share Image
The ultimate objective of subsidies should be to empower the poor, to break the cycle of poverty, and become foot-soldiers in our… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
Remember, aid cannot achieve the end of poverty. Only homegrown development base on the dynamism of individuals and firms in free markets… — William Easterly Copy Share Image
What we face in Canada are multiple overlapping crises. We have the climate crisis, which is screaming down on us - all… — Avi Lewis Copy Share Image
Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that people all over the world have obeyed… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Self-pity is the worst poverty. When a person says, 'I am...' with pity, before he has said anything more he has diminished… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
If you come from Africa with your economic poverty and your cultural riches, and you meet someone like Peter Gabriel or a… — Youssou N'Dour Copy Share Image
Our goal of poverty eradication and of inclusive growth that embraces the disadvantaged and marginalized sections of society can be achieved when… — Pratibha Patil Copy Share Image
He [Hugo Chavez] put poverty at the heart of political debate. Rightly so, given the country's immense inequality and poverty. He invested… — Rory Carroll Copy Share Image
During that time period all of our tribes were suffering extremely from poverty and neglect. And the reason I say neglect is… — Leonard Peltier Copy Share Image
“But dignity is also corroded by poverty no matter how poetically we invest the humble with simple graces and charm. No worker… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image