Poverty Quotes · Page 62

“(a deprivation that, in truth, was not so much a daily trial of living as a suffocating flatness of life),”

— Jonathan Stone

The problem of the Middle East is poverty more than politics.

— Shimon Peres

Poverty, the existence of the poor, was the first cause of riches.

— Peter Kropotkin

Favelas [slums] are not always a problem. Favelas can sometimes really be a solution.

— Eduardo Paes

“The wealth of time is the only wealth that is more valuable than human resources.”

— Sunday Adelaja

Whether we live in poverty or prosperity, we can still live generously.

— Dillon Burroughs

Growing up, we weren't poor, but we didn't have money to spare.

— Rachel Reeves

The worst nightmare for al Qaeda is to come into a community that feels supported and has hope.

— Lindsey Graham

Is globalization about 'the eradication of world poverty,' or is it a mutant variety of colonialism, remote controlled and digitally operated?

— Arundhati Roy

If all of us acted in unison as I act individually there would be no wars and no poverty. I have made…

— Anais Nin

If rich, it is easy enough to conceal our wealth; but, if poor, it is not quite so easy to conceal our…

— Charles Caleb Colton

“ Rich people is people who only cares for themselves, and their money but, poor people doesn't care how much money they…

— Emanuelle Rivet

Who lives in true poverty - The janitor who is grateful for the chocolate chip pancakes his 6 year old helped his…

— Julia Rose

I began to learn what poverty meant. It was burnt in my heart then that my father had to beg for work…

— Andrew Carnegie

Rather than trying to put an end to Eminem or some other rapper, politicians should think about why they're rapping. It's easier…

— Willie Nelson

“she still had that fundamental insecurity that one bout of poverty can inflict for a lifetime, and no amount of money remedy.”

— Len Deighton

The things that drive me are poverty, and pain, and knowing that I don't want to end up being alone and I…

— Fefe Dobson

Along with everything else, I know that there is a beauty in mankind. It is a beauty that no ugliness, no violence,…

— Don Pendleton

“The average Negro is born into want and deprivation. His struggle to escape his circumstances is hindered by color discrimination. He is…

— Martin Luther King Jr

Unions have been the best anti-poverty program that actually worked and did not cost the government a dime. But as unions grow…

— Andy Stern

There is only one rule by which to judge if God is near us or is far away - the rule that…

— John F. Kennedy

I made an effort to ensure social safeguards. But our economy has to grow - and Chile, with a population of 17…

— Michelle Bachelet

We must have a real living determination to reach holiness. ''I will be a saint'' means I will despoil myself of all…

— Mother Teresa

“Mother, monogamy, romance. High spurts the fountain; fierce and foamy the wild jet. The urge has but a single outlet. My love,…

— Aldous Huxley

Facing the difficulties, I can choose either to be a poor victim or a great adventurer.

— Paulo Coelho

If you are poor now, Aemilianus, you will always be poor. Riches are now given to none but the rich.

— Martial

Poverty breeds a lot of things. When people are desperate and trying to survive, they do drastic things.

— Damian Marley

In one important respect a man is fortunate in being poor. His responsibility to God is so much the less

— Christian Nestell Bovee

As Jews, their families left Russia to escape the poverty and the antisemitism.

— Martin Lewis Perl

[B]eyond poverty, beyond the point that the material needs are reasonably satisfied, only from within is peace.

— Richard P. Feynman

Poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes depression. It means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships.

— J. K. Rowling

One persons concept of wealth, is anothers understanding of poverty.

— Wealth Poverty

It is time we recognized that the real terrorism is poverty.

— John Pilger

When I was young, poverty was so common that we didn't know it had a name.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

“I've seen poverty & I can assure you that it's 'too dark' (Black) in colour.”

— Cedric Namedi Mathuthe

Poverty does not create our social problems...our social problems create our poverty.

— Marco Rubio

A poor surgeon hurts one person at a time. A poor teacher hurts 130.

— Ernest L. Boyer

When I made 'Hera Pheri,' there was a huge poverty in Hindi cinema for comedies.

— Priyadarshan

Poverty is the great reality. That is why the artist seeks it.

— Anais Nin

Economists think the poor need them to tell them that they are poor.

— Peter Drucker