I began to learn what poverty meant. It was burnt in my heart then that my father had to beg for work… — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
“You can’t preach things like spirituality, yoga, or animal activism to someone who hasn’t had a decent meal in days...” — Dr. Deepak S. Hiwale aka 'Dr Dee Copy Share Image
Peace is not just the absence of war. True peace depends upon creating the opportunity that makes life worth living. And to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“In the final analysis, poverty means death: lack of food and housing, the inability to attend properly to health and education needs,… — Gustavo Gutiérrez Copy Share Image
One persons concept of wealth, is anothers understanding of poverty. — Wealth Poverty Copy Share Image
The erosion of equal opportunity is among the greatest threats to our exceptionalism as a nation. But it also provides us with… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
At Year Up, we have helped thousands of students rise from poverty into a professional career in a single year. — Gerald Chertavian Copy Share Image
The poverty of yesterday was less squalid than the poverty we purchase with our industry today. Fortunes were smaller then as well. — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
The truth is, however rich people get, they hate paying tax. Some live abroad for a year, or years at a time… — Clint Black Copy Share Image
Let us become like Christ, since Christ became like us. He assumed the worse that He might give us the better; He… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
I'm not giving away oil for free. Just using oil, first to benefit our people, to relieve poverty. — Hugo Chavez Copy Share Image
I have said repeatedly I do want to take longer to eliminate the deficit than the other parties. Because I want to… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
Thinking about the world writ large, I am more optimistic than not that we will tackle our most pressing challenges, whether poverty… — Chelsea Clinton Copy Share Image
What we need to do is increase the totality of money that is given to the poorest areas and then we can… — James Wolfensohn Copy Share Image
Poor is the man who does not know his own intrinsic worth and tends to measure everything by relative value. A man… — Sydney Madwed Copy Share Image
Poverty, first of all was never a misfortune for me; it was radiant with sunlight.. I owe it to my family, first… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
The rich do not have to invest enough in the poorest countries to make them rich; they need to invest enough so… — Jeffrey Sachs Copy Share Image
It's not viable' for poverty stricken developing world to emulate prosperity of U.S. — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
It is because the world is so full of suffering, that your happiness is a gift. It is because the world is… — Robert Holden Copy Share Image
I like to help poor people who got no chance. If rich people don't, who will? Not other poor people, that's for… — Charles Barkley Copy Share Image
The first thing we should acknowledge is that poverty is hugely expensive. It varies from country to country, but most of the… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share Image
Their thought is India is a beehive (Madhumakhi Ka Chhata) but our thought is India is our Mother (Maata). Their thought is… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
“Half of the world population is dying from poverty and hunger and still you think you are not rich enough.” — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
Poverty is a result of lack of opportunity. Lack of opportunity is about being without power, without being in a position to… — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
“There was and still is a tremendous fear that poor and working-class Americans might one day come to understand where their political… — Joe Bageant Copy Share Image
“Greatness like every other product is bought with the currency of time.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
I was deeply concerned then, and have become more concerned since, that unless we can deal with the questions of development and… — James Wolfensohn Copy Share Image
“More than a fifth of our children live in poverty—the second worst of all the advanced economies, putting us behind countries like… — David Cay Johnston Copy Share Image
A home's poverty and a whole country's poverty is critically dependant on the same factors i.e. resources and population. — Farid Copy Share Image
The world of shabby gentility is like no other; its sacrifices have less logic, its standards are harsher, its relation to reality… — Murray Kempton Copy Share Image
We learned that kicking down doors to free children from carpet factories isn't enough to stop child labour - we had to… — Craig Kielburger Copy Share Image
A lot of country music is sad. I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times. It applies to music.… — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
