Poverty Quotes · Page 105

An important lever for sustained action in tackling poverty and reducing hunger is money.

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

At home, growing up, we weren't really poor. We had everything we needed, we just didn't have what we wanted.

— Barbara Kingsolver

The consequences of poor nutrition and a lack of exercise are serious.

— Amy Klobuchar

“Self-discovery is the key to knowing what to do with your life.”

— Sunday Adelaja

The middle class has disappeared. We have a highway to poverty and no roads coming out.

— Suze Orman

If rich people could hire other people to die for them, the poor could make a wonderful living

— Yiddish Proverb

“Poverty would always exist when we allow injustices to speak.”

— Henry Johnson Jr

Modernized by tin roofs and T-shirts, Third World poverty is no longer picturesque.

— Mason Cooley

The poverty in the West is a different kind of poverty—it is not only a poverty of loneliness but also of spirituality.…

— Mother Teresa

It is part of my faith as a Muslim to try to help those who are suffering from poverty or economic or…

— Cat Stevens

“To automatically be promoted from one class to another without any serious self- discipline, and self- improvement is a cheap life.”

— Sunday Adelaja

It seems far-fetched, even preposterous, to blame the global economic order for the persistence of severe poverty in countries that are ruled…

— Thomas Pogge

“People ask, “Why is there poverty in the world?” It’s a silly question. Poverty is the default human condition. It is the…

— Jonah Goldberg

I think the English are bipolar. 'We're the greatest, no we're terrible' - that's a constant English struggle. Crime is down, there's…

— Dara O Briain

“To err is human to forgive is canine.." "Much travel is needed before a raw man is ripened" "The greatest poverty is…

— mj

“Money is a by-product of time. Money is the time that is well converted. Therefore, time is the raw material from which…

— Sunday Adelaja

Like many others, I'm deeply sympathetic to the huge numbers of people looking to come here today to escape suffering and poverty…

— Ed Koch

The intelligent poor individual was a much finer observer than the intelligent rich one. The poor individual looks around him at every…

— Knut Hamsun

Poverty when coupled with creativeness is usually free of frustration. This is true of the poor artisan skilled in his trade and…

— Eric Hoffer

Investment in the eradication of hunger today is a good business decision. If we fail to make this investment, it is doubtful…

— Alan Hassenfeld

“If achieving world peace and ending poverty were really genuine concerns to the majority, then they would have happened already by now.…

— Suzy Kassem

Raising the minimum wage may poll well, but having a job that pays $10 an hour is not the American Dream. And…

— Marco Rubio

We need to steer clear of this poverty of ambition, where people want to drive fancy cars and wear nice clothes and…

— Barack Obama

People say what distinguishes us from the animals is that we think. Well, then why the hell don't we extend some compassion…

— Jimmy Santiago Baca

Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice.

— Nelson Mandela

“When I was poor, I was rich because I was happy; when I was wealthy, I was poor because I was sad.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“As we will show, poor countries are poor because those who have power make choices that create poverty.”

— Daron Acemoğlu

“Solitude is an opportunity to arrest time and convert it into products.”

— Sunday Adelaja

A poor person is one who doesn't buy anything until he sees someone else buying it first.

— Vikrant Parsai

“When you have the power of time, you can take possession of your time, there is nothing you cannot become.”

— Sunday Adelaja

“Poverty and nakedness are nothing, provided you have a good wife”

— Nikos Kazantzakis

Corruption is Africa's greatest problem. Not poverty. Not lack of riches. Not racism.

— Dennis Prager

To turn away a guest is poorest poverty; To bear with fools is mightiest might.

— Thiruvalluvar

Shallow understanding accompanies poor compassion; great understanding goes with great compassion.

— Nhat Hanh

Boredom is the keynote of poverty ... it's dark brown sameness.

— Moss Hart

The minimum wage can play a vital role in lifting hard-working families above the poverty line.

— Adam Cohen

I'm not comfortable holidaying in other people's poverty.

— Beth Orton

When someone grows up in poverty they never know that's going to be a benefit to their child.

— Santiago "Jimmy" Mellado

Simplicity enables us to live lives of integrity in the face of the terrible realities of our global village.

— Richard J. Foster

Knowledge is power. Education is the most important way to get people out of poverty.

— Kul Takanao Wadhwa