I have no taste for either poverty or honest labor, so writing is the only recourse left for me — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“Solitude is a way of overcoming distraction so that you can convert your time into something of worth.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
The poor never have enough for themselves ... but always have enough to give away. — Joseph Girzone Copy Share Image
Nobody is so poor he has nothing to give, and nobody is so rich he has nothing to receive. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
The proper amount of wealth is that which neither descends to poverty nor is far distant from it. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
“Could a person die from gratification deprivation? It certainly felt like it was a possibility.” — Genna Rulon Copy Share Image
“If you desire to be financially wealthy but don’t know how to invest time, then you are just dreaming.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
Poor America, of what avail is all her wealth, if the individuals comprising the nation are wretchedly poor? If they live in… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Rather than engineering our economies solely to maximise GDP, Africa's business and political leaders must build economies explicitly designed to end poverty… — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
I think that America in general is piratical. Every time we accept a paycheck for doing almost nothing, allowing us to live… — Will Oldham Copy Share Image
Because so many employers refuse to pay their workers a wage on which they can live - most Britons languishing below the… — Owen Jones Copy Share Image
We can help poor people ,but poverty is a decision they make everyday and no one can cure it since they don't… — Wordfaith3 Copy Share Image
“Poverty will keep for you your true and tried friends; you will be rid of the men who were not seeking you… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“Poverty is a great evil, but to a woman of education and feeling it ought not, it cannot be the greatest.—I would… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“...the oppressor is truly repressed. Their poverty is existential, often surrounded by an abundance of material goods. (Leonardo Boff, p. 179)” — Mev Puleo Copy Share Image
Given the relativity concept, poverty cannot be eliminated. Indeed, an economic upturn with a broad improvement in household income does not guarantee… — Carrie Lam Copy Share Image
We are unlucky till we see someone in worse condition, we're poor until we know the heights of poverty. We've lost till… — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
As a reporter, you know the tropes of how stories on poverty work in any country. A reporter will go to an… — Katherine Boo Copy Share Image
“When we do those things, we’re actually filling a void in our lives with debt. It’s a slow but sure self-destructive process,… — Celso Cukierkorn Copy Share Image
“Did poverty in itself lead to moral failings, such as crime? Was "goodness" something that could be objectified and measured? Did society… — Jean Thompson Copy Share Image
My wife spent a lot of time on what we do from a civic contribution giving perspective, for a number of years,… — Steve Ballmer Copy Share Image
“I have an old hat which is not worth three francs, I have a coat which lacks buttons in front, my shirt… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Today there are a huge number of think tanks working on poverty-related issues; there are books written on the topic; and university… — Sasha Abramsky Copy Share Image
