--- title: "24 Abject Poverty Quotes by 20 authors" description: "Browse 24 Abject Poverty quotes by 20 authors. Discover the best Abject Poverty sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea8/kirk-douglas-4420_advantage_my-children-didn-t-have-my-advantages-i_1323462.jpg" --- > [My children didn't have my advantages; I was born into abject poverty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirk-douglas/my-children-didn-t-have-my-advantages-i-was-born-into-abject-poverty/) [Kirk Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirk-douglas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea8/kirk-douglas-4420_advantage_my-children-didn-t-have-my-advantages-i_1323462.jpg) > [I came from abject poverty. There was nowhere to go but up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirk-douglas/i-came-from-abject-poverty-there-was-nowhere-to-go-but-up/) [Kirk Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirk-douglas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b67/kirk-douglas-4420_abject_i-came-from-abject-poverty-there-was-now_222191.jpg) > [When you grow up in abject poverty, you see people exactly the way they are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viola-davis/when-you-grow-up-in-abject-poverty-you-see-people-exactly-the-way/) [Viola Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viola-davis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/351/viola-davis-1174_exactly_when-you-grow-up-in-abject-poverty-you-s_2004992.png) > [We can't leave people in abject poverty, so we need to raise the standard of living for 80% of the world's people,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-goodall/we-can-t-leave-people-in-abject-poverty-so-we-need-to-raise-the/) [Jane Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-goodall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5c/jane-goodall-950_destroying_we-can-t-leave-people-in-abject-poverty_2109149.jpg) > [“But if out of every dollar given to aid, ten cents makes it to the poorest people in the world, that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daron-acemo-lu/but-if-out-of-every-dollar-given-to-aid-ten-cents-makes-it-to-the/) [Daron Acemoğlu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daron-acemo-lu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc8/daron-acemo-lu-4415_quote_but-if-out-of-every-dollar-given-to-aid_1669303.jpg) > [“Strange to relate, these simple folk were perfectly happy without money and without silver watches. Abject poverty was practically unknown; they had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sol-t-plaatje/strange-to-relate-these-simple-folk-were-perfectly-happy-without/) [Sol T. Plaatje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sol-t-plaatje/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d0/sol-t-plaatje-18648_quote_strange-to-relate-these-simple-folk-were_1827344.jpg) > [The Democrat Party makes as many people victims as possible because it freezes them right where they are. And that's usually in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/the-democrat-party-makes-as-many-people-victims-as-possible-because/) [Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rush-limbaugh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ab/rush-limbaugh-28_class_the-democrat-party-makes-as-many-people_934062.jpg) > [If I cannot address the issue of visible homelessness and abject poverty on the streets of this community, I will not get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-wheeler/if-i-cannot-address-the-issue-of-visible-homelessness-and-abject/) [Ted Wheeler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-wheeler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa8/ted-wheeler-5816_cannot_if-i-cannot-address-the-issue-of-visible_1368802.jpg) > [We grew up in abject poverty. Acting, writing scripts and skits were a way of escaping our environment at a very young…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viola-davis/we-grew-up-in-abject-poverty-acting-writing-scripts-and-skits-were-a/) [Viola Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viola-davis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/099/viola-davis-1174_acting_we-grew-up-in-abject-poverty-acting-writ_2179319.png) > [Poverty is the absence of all human rights. The frustrations, hostility and anger generated by abject poverty cannot sustain peace in any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/poverty-is-the-absence-of-all-human-rights-the-frustrations-hostility-2/) [Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20b/muhammad-yunus-2158_absence_poverty-is-the-absence-of-all-human-righ_1089785.png) > [Abject poverty is demeaning, is an assault on the dignity of those that suffer it. In the end it demeans us all.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-mandela/abject-poverty-is-demeaning-is-an-assault-on-the-dignity-of-those/) [Nelson Mandela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-mandela/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/194/nelson-mandela-248_assault_abject-poverty-is-demeaning-is-an-assaul_2373826.jpg) > [Growing up in Kenya, slum life was not far away. I had family that lived in slums, so I visited them often,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupita-nyong-o/growing-up-in-kenya-slum-life-was-not-far-away-i-had-family-that/) [Lupita Nyong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupita-nyong-o/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/350/lupita-nyong-o-2599_definitions_growing-up-in-kenya-slum-life-was-not-fa_1427852.jpg) > [“The people of Rwanda were not an insignificant black mass living in abject poverty in a place of no consequence. They were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rom-o-dallaire/the-people-of-rwanda-were-not-an-insignificant-black-mass-living-in/) [Roméo Dallaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rom-o-dallaire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/491/rom-o-dallaire-19132_poverty_the-people-of-rwanda-were-not-an-insigni_2180383.jpg) > [Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/throughout-history-poverty-is-the-normal-condition-of-man-advances/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed4/anonymous-1_bad-luck_throughout-history-poverty-is-the-normal_2089984.jpg) > [“It cannot be denied that the principal cause of this misery in Nigeria lies in the actions of the leaders themselves, who,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-okaka-obama/it-cannot-be-denied-that-the-principal-cause-of-this-misery-in/) [Barack Okaka Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-okaka-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/448/barack-okaka-obama-222034_corruption_it-cannot-be-denied-that-the-principal-c_1965182.jpg) > [When you see in places like Africa and parts of Asia abject poverty, hungry children and malnutrition around you, and you look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ratan-tata/when-you-see-in-places-like-africa-and-parts-of-asia-abject-poverty/) [Ratan Tata](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ratan-tata/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/696/ratan-tata-7750_asia_when-you-see-in-places-like-africa-and-p_747203.jpg) > [We have the opportunity now to look at the two billion people in the world who suffer from the most abject poverty,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-belafonte/we-have-the-opportunity-now-to-look-at-the-two-billion-people-in-the/) [Harry Belafonte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-belafonte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a57/harry-belafonte-4893_add_we-have-the-opportunity-now-to-look-at-t_2679776.png) > [There are still hundreds of millions, billions of people living in abject poverty around the world. They need electricity. They need electricity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-tillerson/there-are-still-hundreds-of-millions-billions-of-people-living-in/) [Rex Tillerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-tillerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/537/rex-tillerson-45407_abject_there-are-still-hundreds-of-millions-bil_1784774.jpg) > [Imagine living in abject poverty and not knowing anything other than that for generations. Or alternatively, imagine being born into a really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/imagine-living-in-abject-poverty-and-not-knowing-anything-other-than/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/233/annie-lennox-1546_born_imagine-living-in-abject-poverty-and-not_1015901.jpg) > [The reason that the World Trade Center got hit is because there are a lot of people living in abject poverty out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-turner/the-reason-that-the-world-trade-center-got-hit-is-because-there-are-a/) [Ted Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-turner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e41/ted-turner-2784_better-life_the-reason-that-the-world-trade-center-g_1067656.jpg) > [The world at large is less inequitable today than at any time in history. Number of people in abject poverty, as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-gates/the-world-at-large-is-less-inequitable-today-than-at-any-time-in/) [Bill Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f95/bill-gates-137_all-time_the-world-at-large-is-less-inequitable-t_1397763.jpg) > [With an agenda dominated by global security and U.N. reform, it appears that the decisions needed to lift millions of people from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kumi-naidoo/with-an-agenda-dominated-by-global-security-and-u-n-reform-it-appears/) [Kumi Naidoo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kumi-naidoo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/735/kumi-naidoo-21702_agendas_with-an-agenda-dominated-by-global-secur_220432.png) > [Stay away from lazy parasites, who perch on you just to satisfy their needs, they do not come to alleviate your burdens,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/stay-away-from-lazy-parasites-who-perch-on-you-just-to-satisfy-their/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/104/anonymous-1_alleviate_stay-away-from-lazy-parasites-who-perch_320765.jpg) > [“Poverty is the absence of all human rights. The frustrations, hostility and anger generated by abject poverty cannot sustain peace in any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-yunus/poverty-is-the-absence-of-all-human-rights-the-frustrations-hostility/) [Muhammad Yunus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-yunus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd6/muhammad-yunus-2158_human-rights_poverty-is-the-absence-of-all-human-righ_959642.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abject-poverty/#itemlist", "name": "Abject Poverty Quotes", "numberOfItems": 24, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My children didn't have my advantages; I was born into abject poverty.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kirk Douglas" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirk-douglas/my-children-didn-t-have-my-advantages-i-was-born-into-abject-poverty/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea8/kirk-douglas-4420_advantage_my-children-didn-t-have-my-advantages-i_1323462.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea8/kirk-douglas-4420_advantage_my-children-didn-t-have-my-advantages-i_1323462.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea8/kirk-douglas-4420_advantage_my-children-didn-t-have-my-advantages-i_1323462.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My children didn't have my advantages; I was born into abject poverty.” — Kirk Douglas", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I came from abject poverty. 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