Poverty Quotes · Page 77

Peace does not fare well where poverty and deprivation reign

— Frederik Willem de Klerk

It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man.

— Washington Irving

“I have no doubt that the elimination of poverty and deprivation is possible by 2020.”

— C.K. Prahalad

The nakedness of the indigent world may be clothed from the trimmings of the vain.

— Oliver Goldsmith

I have enough money to live comfortably for the rest of my life; if I die tomorrow.

— Vicky

“You give your way out of poverty but you sacrifice your way to wealth.”

— McWilton Chikwenengere

Poor people either mismanage their money or they avoid the subject of money altogether.

— T. Harv Eker

The poor are the human manure in which grow the harvests of life, the harvests of joy which the rich reap.

— Octave Mirbeau

“The lives of the thirty thousand children who die of starvation each day is like 6 september 11ths every single day, a…

— Shane Claiborne

And I think that after nearly 85 years upon this planet that I have a right after working so hard at showing…

— Gordon Parks

“You can be the most productive person in your area of your calling if you can just isolate yourself and learn to…

— Sunday Adelaja

“Sadly, so many people stand and watch their life melt away every day without taking advantage of it to produce something of…

— Sunday Adelaja

Living simply is not about living in poverty or self-inflicted deprivation. It's about living an examined life where one has determined what…

— Duane Elgin

When you are running the country it means you work for the poor people. It doesn't mean you siphon off money of…

— Arvind Kejriwal

A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplation of mystery, or the search of truth or perfection is…

— Lewis Mumford

I would put primary emphasis on a good standard of living equitably distributed. It can't be equal, but one that eliminates the…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

Don't Latin Americans have the right to ask why their elected governments are being opposed and coup leaders supported?.. Poverty and hardship…

— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Given the relativity concept, poverty cannot be eliminated. Indeed, an economic upturn with a broad improvement in household income does not guarantee…

— Carrie Lam

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

It wouldn't cost too much to change the rules of trade so that poor countries can work their way out of poverty.…

— Edward de Bono

...I swore I would battle not only for myself but for freedom and opportunity for everything living that wore chains, especially sex…

— Rheta Childe Dorr

The hostility perpetually exercised between one man and another, is caused by the desire of many for that which only few can…

— Samuel Johnson

For all the obsession in Washington and in college faculty lounges over income inequality, why isn't there more outrage over government policies…

— Stephen Moore

Bonnie and Clyde grew up in absolute poverty. They didn't go to school or have any money; the only way they could…

— Jeremy Jordan

“The world gives a way to the man who knows where he is going.”

— Sunday Adelaja

“The problem of poverty must force us to innovate, not claim "rights to impose our solutions.”

— C.K. Prahalad

“Every one of us must learn how to make our time productive.”

— Sunday Adelaja

For the poor sick present in thisworld as any other great crime

— Mal_786

“Greatness is an attainment that is bought with the currency of time.”

— Sunday Adelaja

Poverty must not be a bar to learning and learning must offer an escape from poverty.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

No matter how much poverty you grow up with, you shouldn't be subjected to violence and abuse.

— Jimmy Barnes

Should poverty , illness , and death not exist , man would not bow to anything

— Ritu Ghatourey

Both Hindu, as well as Islamic fundamentalism, feed on the poverty of the masses.

— Michel Chossudovsky

He is not poor who has the use of necessary things. [Lat., Pauper enim non est cui rerum suppetet usus.]

— Horace

“You must intercept the passing time well, hence it will fly away into vanity.”

— Sunday Adelaja

“We were born beggars, we will live like beggars and we will die like beggars.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

I'm not sure there's another way to help move more people out of poverty than to raise the minimum wage.

— John Hickenlooper

We need to accept the principle that sometimes poor people will die just because they are poor.

— Tyler Cowen

Poor man wanna be rich, rich man wanna be king, and a king ain't satisfied until he rules everything.

— Bruce Springsteen

Please GOD let me get full piece of bread at least by today, By a child in poverty

— Vino