“...the unmistakable smell of poverty, a mixture of cigarette smoke, weed, stale sweat, and fried food.” — Allison Leotta Copy Share Image
In their poverty, the mentally handicapped reveal God to us and hold us close to the gospel. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
“Solitude is a wonderful treasure the world is still yet to discover.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
Be not anxious to avoid poverty. In this way the wealth of the universe may be securely invested. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“Those who have made it to the top have only done so through hard work and time conversion.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
I've never experienced chronic poverty, but I know what it's like to live on £3 a week. — Annie Lennox Copy Share Image
People who are less fortunate are the ones with the most possibilities in life the rich will cower in fear eventually by… — Ishtiyaq Khan Copy Share Image
“Poverty suppresses growth in regions of the brain that empower children to do well in school, handle the greater threats they face… — Dacher Keltner Copy Share Image
“Our streets are littered with university graduates holding paper certificates and looking for a way to enslave themselves again under a boss… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
Open markets offer the only realistic hope of pulling billions of people in developing countries out of abject poverty, while sustaining prosperity… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
The hope that poverty and ignorance may gradually be extinguished derives indeed much support from the steady progress of the working classes… — Alfred Marshall Copy Share Image
The main cause of poverty or financial struggle is fear and ignorance, not the economy or the government or the rich. — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
A far greater factor than abolishing poverty is the deterrent effect of swift and certain consequences: swift arrest, prompt trial, certain penalty… — Warren E. Burger Copy Share Image
“Hunger and poverty steal your childhood and take away your innocence and sense of security. But I was one of the lucky… — Saroo Brierley Copy Share Image
If we want to reduce poverty and misery, if we want to give to every deserving individual what is needed for a… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
“The public found that an ill-regulated and extravagant credit system, whilst it had made the few rich, had consigned to loss, ruin… — Adam Wasserman Copy Share Image
“Re: Google's worth exceeding that of Russian stock market. Now, that adds up to a lot of moolah...nevertheless through social (EYES) maybe… — Tracey Bond 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
...in the midst of migrants in search of a better life there are people in need of protection: refugees and asylum-seekers, women… — Antonio Guterres Copy Share Image
The U.S. has become the most egregious war-monger and terrorist nation in the world, as well as the long-time leading purveyor of… — Dave Lindorff 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