“At the end of the school day, we walked the long, cold way home feeling happy and hungry. There we found a… — Jenny Lee Ellison Copy Share Image
As a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, I reached across the aisle to write an economic development bill that addressed… — Mike Espy Copy Share Image
“One of the reasons inequality gets so deep in this country is that everyone wants to be rich. That's the American ideal.… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
The case for open markets, free trade, private investment and technology has never been stronger in development. Over the decades, this combination… — Priti Patel Copy Share Image
“Preindustrial living standards are predictable based on knowledge of disease and environment. Differences in social energy across societies were muted by the… — Gregory Clark Copy Share Image
“But I do think hardly of you...and I'll tell you why--not so much because you refused to give me shelter, or regarded… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“I go back to the union man and say, “Sir, this is a house of God, not a proper place for a… — Jerry Ash Copy Share Image
The Gujarat model laced with the Godhra stink is a model of hatred that has taken 2,000 lives, while the Congress model… — Asrani Copy Share Image
The real causes of terrorism are not poverty and oppression per se, but rather the bankruptcy of materialist ideologies, like Neo-Conservatism, which… — Robert Dickson Crane Copy Share Image
You may feel overwhelmed by your own poverty and the labors of the day. But if you decide not to wait until… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
No matter how you measure it, women and girls bear the brunt of poverty. But it's also clear that women are also… — Helene D. Gayle Copy Share Image
“I, on the other hand, interrupt people because my thoughts fly out of my mouth. My handbag's full of rubbish. And I… — Alison Larkin Copy Share Image
The black socks [on me at Olympics in 1968] emphasized the fact that we had so many Blacks and people of color… — John Carlos Copy Share Image
When you talk about war on poverty it doesn't mean very much; but if you can show to some degree this sort… — Ben Shahn Copy Share Image
Thousands are the children of poor foreigners who have permitted them to grow up without school, education, or religion. All the neglect… — Charles Loring Brace Copy Share Image
We are still a country where hard work and perseverance can earn you a better life... Yet we are rightfully troubled that… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
The capitalist system has lifted mankind out of mass poverty. It is this system that in the last century, in the last… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Pope Benedict XVI assumes leadership at a critical time in which the world's collective wisdom and leadership including that of the religious… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
A greater poverty than that caused by lack of money is the poverty of unawareness. Men and women go about the world… — Thomas Dreier Copy Share Image
Because there is global insecurity, nations are engaged in a mad arms race, spending billions of dollars wastefully on instruments of destruction,… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Whoever seeks honor [by marrying a woman] will be tested with lowliness, and whoever seeks wealth [by marrying a woman] will be… — Sufyan ibn `Uyaynah Copy Share Image
I lived in great poverty as a child and young woman, and I used to think of money and how to make… — Leslie Parrish Copy Share Image
Our status as a land of equal opportunity has made us a rich and powerful nation, but it has also transformed lives.… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
There’s no way that Michael Jackson or whoever Jackson should have a million thousand droople billion dollars and then there’s people starving.… — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that… — Alex Haley Copy Share Image
There are organizations like Southern Poverty Law Center, there are some private investigators that work for the Republican Establishment, that actually use… — Matt Shea Copy Share Image
I don't absolve the Democrats of their lack of commitment to deal with poverty. But nowadays we're witnessing the widening of the… — Joseph Lowery Copy Share Image
I think there is a lot of crime caused by desperation, and it doesn't mean that people commit crime because they're poor,… — Peter Moskos Copy Share Image
To me, the poor are like Bonsai trees. When you plant the best seed of the tallest tree in a six-inch deep… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
To be nonviolent to human beings and to be a killer or enemy of the poor animals is Satan's philosophy. In this… — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Copy Share Image
People in the individual marketplace should have more options. The plan that we - the discussion draft that we have out, actually… — John Thune Copy Share Image
There is a determined though unseen bravery that defends itself foot by foot in the darkness against the fatal invasions of necessity… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
I am weary seeing our laboring classes so wretchedly housed, fed, and clothed, while thousands of dollars are wasted every year over… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
The intention of this way of life [voluntary simplicity] is not to dogmatically live with less. It's a more demanding intention of… — Duane Elgin Copy Share Image
Abu Dharr once described the people of the world, says, "They breed what will they ultimately bury, they build what will eventually… — Abu Dhar al-Ghifari Copy Share Image
“I am a citizen of this country,” I declare, “and Mr. Mayor, tonight I will be a citizen of this city when… — Jerry Ash Copy Share Image
Microfinance recognizes that poor people are remarkable reservoirs of energy and knowledge, posing an untapped opportunity to create markets, bring people in… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
The first time I received an award, I was very surprised. I did not know whether to accept it or not. But… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
I never felt I could give up my life of freedom to become a man's housekeeper. When I was young, if a… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
The essential role of the environment is still marginal in discussions about poverty. While we continue to debate these initiatives, environmental degradation,… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
![“The black socks [on me at Olympics in 1968] emphasized the fact that we had so many Blacks and people of color here in the United States, the greatest country in the world, that was running around in poverty every day, so we wanted to illustrate the fact that these individuals did not have shoes…” quote by John Carlos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d36/john-carlos-16923_black_the-black-socks-on-me-at-olympics-in-196_221018.jpg)
![“Whoever seeks honor [by marrying a woman] will be tested with lowliness, and whoever seeks wealth [by marrying a woman] will be tested with poverty, but whoever looks for righteousness [in a woman], then Allah would combine both honor and wealth with righteousness for him in her.” quote by Sufyan ibn `Uyaynah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b5e/sufyan-ibn-uyaynah-96027_honor_whoever-seeks-honor-by-marrying-a-woman_1609200.jpg)
![“The intention of this way of life [voluntary simplicity] is not to dogmatically live with less. It's a more demanding intention of living with balance. This is a middle way that moves between the extremes of poverty and indulgence.” quote by Duane Elgin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/36c/duane-elgin-19389_balance_the-intention-of-this-way-of-life-volunt_2463997.jpg)
