Poverty Quotes · Page 46

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

— Christian Nestell Bovee

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

— Damian Marley

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

— Richard P. Feynman

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

— Martin Lewis Perl

A Nuns Life: Chastity, poverty, and obedience. Wait, chastity?" BUMPER STICKER

— Darynda Jones

If You Are Born Poor Than This Is not Your mistake But If you Die Poor Than This Is Your Mistake.

— Anonymous

To close the eyes, and give a seemly comfort to the apparel of the dead, is poverty's holiest touch of nature.

— Charles Dickens

“To reproduce your life is to convert it into tangible products for the benefit of humanity.”

— Sunday Adelaja

The greatest poverty one can have is to be poor in one's heart and for falling in love, he is truly happy.…

— Russell Brand

“At the greatest levels of affluence, and the deepest levels of poverty, parents share the same desire for their children to have…

— Adam Braun

I don't think anyone sets out to malign poor people but certainly that's what we do through organizations such as the World…

— Bob Geldof

Our capital system is haunted by the demon of error: error in determining guilt and error in determining who among the guilty…

— George Ryan

Millions who endure poverty and bad government can now know what they are missing. To see how the other half lives all…

— Richard M. Nixon

I grew up in poverty. I was ashamed of the fact, when we were kids, we'd be at school hungry, our stomachs…

— Jimmy Barnes

“Books are the one luxury I deem a necessity. If my purchases lead us into poverty, then at least we will be…

— Mark Brownlow

The Economic Problem...the problem of want and poverty and the economic struggle between classes and nations, is nothing but a frightful muddle,…

— John Maynard Keynes

“By the aid of philosophy you will live not unpleasantly, for you will learn to extract pleasure from all places and things:…

— Plutarch

If I were a supervillain, I would end capitalism, racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia... but I guess that's a little too obvious and…

— Kathleen Hanna

When you resolve to become pious, the devil in your nature cries out at you, "Tread not those paths, O confused one;…

— Rumi

If I were president, I would want to spend a lot of time going to the legislatures and telling them about best…

— John Kasich

“There was a problem: No one cared about human rights anymore, not at home or abroad. They cared about growth--hoped for and…

— Daniel Alarcón

Every farmer must go to the seed industry every year to buy their seed and pay an 80 percent royalty to a…

— Vandana Shiva

As our economy faces up to potential labour shortages due to our ageing population and as it moves to a new level…

— Julia Gillard

Jeezy just recognized my grind, and I jumped on board with him to enhance it. Artistically, we're in the same mind frame.…

— Freddie Gibbs

“Welcome to Hartford. The poorest city in the wealthiest state in the richest country on earth.”

— Susan Eaton

Rich people associate with rich and successful people. Poor people will associate with poor people.

— Anonymous

You can't put a load of rockstars up on a stage and expect to wipe out global poverty. That's ludicrous.

— Noel Gallagher

“By now, with all our modern technology, there should be no poverty left on earth.”

— Anonymous

“There are times when visible poverty has its advantages.”

— Heinrich Harrer

I see myself writing in the tradition of urban ethnography and in the tradition of the sociology of poverty.

— Matthew Desmond

Some years ago, the federal government declared war on poverty, and poverty won.

— Ronald Reagan

“Distinctive facial features of a parent are poor people’s paternity test.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

It's definitely not the case that every child living in poverty is eligible for free school lunches.

— Jack Monroe

Poverty is the test of civility and the touchstone of friendship.

— William Hazlitt

So many people who desire poverty get it quickly, but those who desire wealth never have it.

— Vikrant Parsai

My state has the highest child poverty rate in all of New England, above the national average.

— Patrick J. Kennedy

“If you really desire greatness, you should make up your mind to be a hard worker.”

— Sunday Adelaja

Holy poverty confounds cupidity and avarice and the cares of this world.

— Francis of Assisi

When poverty comes in at doors, love leaps out at windows

— John Clarke

Poverty persuades a man to do and suffer everything that he may escape from it.

— Lucian