“How was a boy who'd tasted poverty ever expected to choose the poorer road?” — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread. — Georges Bernanos Copy Share Image
Poor man eyes a rich man, denigrates his property. A rich man eyes a poor man, and envies his simplicity. — The Rolling Stones Copy Share Image
The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
The best way to fight poverty is to empower people through access to quality education — John Legend Copy Share Image
Poverty does not cause violence and terrorism. Lack of education does not cause terrorism. — John O. Brennan Copy Share Image
“If you allow any minute of your time to pass without converting it into products, you will soon realize that you just… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
Trade justice for the developing world and for this generation is a truly significant way for the developed countries to show commitment… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The best way to perpetuate poverty is by spending on arms and military, and the best way to fight terrorism is by… — Óscar Arias Copy Share Image
The growing use of biofuel will be an inestimable contribution to the generation of income, social inclusion and reduction of poverty in… — Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Copy Share Image
You don't seem to realize that a poor person who is unhappy is in a better position than a rich person who… — Jean Kerr Copy Share Image
Poverty is too complex to be answered with a one-size-fits-all approach, and if there is any place that illustrates that complexity, as… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
My entire childhood was steeped in poverty. For me, poverty, in a way, was the first inspiration of my life, a commitment… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
You can't break poor people mentality. Once you grow up poor, you don't take anything for granted. It can have the negative… — Will Smith Copy Share Image
I have seen a lot of men, for example, who will make a will and include their daughters whether they are married… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
There are major disappointments with the outcomes of Solidarity: corruption, and major pockets of economic backwardness and even poverty. By and large,… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Kids in high poverty are much more expensive to educate and need much more support... When they're packed into a classroom of… — Gretchen Whitmer Copy Share Image
“Man is born rich, but almost everywhere is poor. It is to the elucidation of this paradox that many of the finest… — Theodore Dalrymple Copy Share Image
“When evening comes, I return home and enter my study; on the threshold I take off my workday clothes, covered with mud… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
If ever household affections and loves are graceful things, they are graceful in the poor. The ties that bind the wealthy and… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
And one thing to be remembered: it is not that the people who are poor, starving, become frustrated with life - no.… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I utterly reject the view that the Third World is doomed to poverty and starvation. Not only is this wrong, I think… — Alex Tabarrok Copy Share Image
The only thing that stands between corporate greed and poverty is the union. — Lee Whitnum Copy Share Image
It is important that, however we choose to describe the measures, we tackle child poverty head on. — Heidi Allen Copy Share Image
“Stop reacting to poverty,act upon yourself and start living in prosperity.” — Anyaele Sam Chiyson Copy Share Image
Poverty can't be an excuse for bad teaching, but teaching can't be the only thing we do to combat poverty. — Tony Danza Copy Share Image
“The time for careers and passions was gone. Hunger pangs displaced ambition.” — Panashe Chigumadzi Copy Share Image
My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important. — Sidney Poitier Copy Share Image
“Poverty hides itself in thought before it surrenders to purses.” – Khalil Gibran” — Stellan Moreira Copy Share Image
Unemployment is low, incomes are up, poverty is down - and that's going to be a lasting change. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“beyond blows and hunger there is something that hurts even more: poverty” — Jacob Dinezon Copy Share Image
We must start talking differently about poverty--and start doing something differently. — Gary Haugen Copy Share Image
When poverty shows itself, even mischievous boys understand what it means. — Carlo Collodi Copy Share Image
Poverty does not produce unhappiness: It produces degradation. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
There is little favorable to be said about poverty, but it was often an incubator of true friendship. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Women must be full partners in development, so they can lift themselves and their communities out of poverty. — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
