We need to realize that poverty doesn't only consist of being hungry for bread, but rather it is a tremendous hunger for… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
“Stale beer sticks to wobbling tables. The cigarette machine flashes in the corner, mocking smokers who never have any change on them.… — Craig Stone Copy Share Image
I would like to solemnly reaffirm, that poverty is not a fatality. — Mathieu Kerekou Copy Share Image
State government has too often been used to look out for the insiders and not the citizens. This has insulated poverty from… — Ernie Fletcher Copy Share Image
Capitalism has neither the capacity, nor the morality, nor the ethics to solve the problems of poverty. — Fidel Castro Copy Share Image
Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible. — Michel de Montaigne 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
“When people began to view their neighborhood as brimming with deprivation and vice, full of “all sorts of shipwrecked humanity,” they lost… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
But will this attention to poverty be sustained or transient? That depends on our leaders - whether we step up and sustain… — John Edward Copy Share Image
“The honest poor are the moneyless vulgar rich. Poverty forces them to have good qualities and pride in other things besides money.… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
“Poverty has deceived many of us into believing that some people who are in that state love the food, clothes, places, and… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
No matter how much poverty you grow up with, you shouldn't be subjected to violence and abuse. — Jimmy Barnes Copy Share Image
To constrain the brute force of the people, the European governments deem it necessary to keep them down by hard labor, poverty… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
When a society lacks God, even prosperity is joined by a terrible spiritual poverty. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Staring us in the face is the desperate plight of the poor. We don't need statistics to tell us that. They are… — Eva Burrows Copy Share Image
Between now and 2015, we must make sure that promises made become promises kept. The consequences of doing otherwise are profound: death,… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
“Greatness is not greater than you, you have total control over greatness.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
“You were born for more than just living in mediocrity and dying after your time here evaporates.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
We would solve a lot of huge problems that are causing massive suffering. Poverty, violence, homophobia, heterosexism, racism, the environment - all… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
We have weapons of mass destruction we have to address here at home. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Homelessness is… — Dennis Kucinich Copy Share Image
Join me in the final race to smash poverty and achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals — Carl Lewis Copy Share Image
“Before I was married, I thought the sound of bangles jangling on my forearms would be delightful. I looked forward to being… — Phoolan Devi Copy Share Image
