Poor people have the blues because they're poor and hungry. Rich people can't sleep at night because they're trying to hold on… — John Lee Hooker Copy Share Image
I think the Jamaicans are among the most talented people on the planet; it's just that through circumstances, through poverty, they rarely… — Linford Christie Copy Share Image
We had particular policies in this country that resulted in the larger share of poverty that we have in African-American communities. — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
It seems that we have been born only to consume and to consume, and when we can no longer consume, we have… — Jose Mujica Copy Share Image
Poverty damages the educational potential of children, whether through stress or poor diet, while overcrowded, poor-quality housing has the same impact too. — Owen Jones Copy Share Image
I have seen poverty first hand. My parents were not well-off. They were in Ban'gladesh and I - just a child then… — Roopa Ganguly Copy Share Image
Whether it's someone struggling with mental illness, someone struggling with poverty or struggling with their own limitations in their social behaviors, for… — Gbenga Akinnagbe Copy Share Image
Making sure that mothers are educated means we can lift more people out of poverty and build a more inclusive and sustainable… — Peng Liyuan Copy Share Image
Make yourselves nests of pleasant thoughts. None of us knows what fairy palaces we may build of beautiful thought-proof against all adversity.… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The unemployed, poverty-stricken white man must be made to realize that he is in the very same boat with the Negro. Together,… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“We used to talk and smile seven days ago when I was wearing a suit. Now I'm dressed in a beard and… — Craig Stone Copy Share Image
Poverty is often concealed in splendor, and often in extravagance. It is the task of many people to conceal their neediness from… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Rationality and the instinct of collaboration have already given us large regions and long periods of peace and prosperity. Ultimately, they will… — Carlo Rovelli Copy Share Image
People would rather live in an area of poverty than in an area where there are no jobs, because if they live… — John Kasich Copy Share Image
I attempted to see famines as broad "economic" problems (concentrating on how people can buy food, or otherwise get entitled to it),… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
Do not tell me of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations. Are they my poor? I tell thee,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Poverty will make the best people bad, if it gets hard enough. Why there’s so much of it in the world, I’m… — George Gissing Copy Share Image
Not to share our own wealth with the poor is theft from the poor and deprivation of their means of life; we… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
We learned that kicking down doors to free children from carpet factories isn't enough to stop child labour - we had to… — Craig Kielburger Copy Share Image
Poor people are much more daring than the rich ones, a rich one is so fearful that he move with body guards… — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
We want to end poverty and protect our environment. But we think the most efficient way of achieving that is to change… — Craig Kielburger Copy Share Image
Unhappiness doesn't grow on the chest like leprosy. Poverty won't fall off the roof like a loose tile, no; poverty and unhappiness… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
Let my body dwell in poverty, and my hands be as the hands of the toiler; but let my soul be as… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's more work to create poverty, disease and disharmony than it is to create health, harmony and abundance, because perfect health, harmony… — Robert Anthony Copy Share Image
The imbalance I speak of in the world, which we see manifested in wars, violence, poverty and other depressed social conditions stems… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Oh, I realize it's a penny here and a penny there, but look at me: I've worked myself up from nothing to… — Arthur Sheekman Copy Share Image
Educated and productive young people are needed to help # LIFT their countries out of poverty and create a wealthier, more secure world. — Anne M. Mulcahy Copy Share Image
It is not great wealth in a few individuals that proves a country is prosperous, but great general wealth evenly distributed among… — Victoria Woodhull Copy Share Image
Poor and afflicted and oppressed people have faces, and we are required to look squarely into them. We can't love what we… — Nancy Mairs Copy Share Image
If we use goods made from raw materials that are obtained from a poor country without the proceeds being used to benefit… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
“In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
To me poverty, mental health, and addictions don't sound like criminal justice problems. They sound to me like a social justice problem. — Jagmeet Singh Copy Share Image
My advice: Don't quit. When I got to New York City, I lived so far below the poverty line, because I didn't… — Rob Zombie Copy Share Image
If the Fed had a war on abortion like its war on poverty or war on drugs, within five years men would… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
The poverty line is like the age of consent: if you find yourself parsing exactly where it is, you’ve probably already done… — John Oliver Copy Share Image
Universal credit is not lifting up the most vulnerable people in crisis. Instead, it's pushing them further into poverty, hardship and destitution. — Heidi Allen Copy Share Image
“You can blame people and situations for your misery, hunger, deprivation and illness, but you are the only person can be blamed… — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
“Invest maximum amount of time into refining your gift and become best at what you were called to do and you will… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
Growing numbers of corporate executives are aware of the inextricable link between the well being of our families and the well-being of… — Arnold Hiatt Copy Share Image
