--- title: "13 Think Poverty Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 13 Think Poverty quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Think Poverty sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1a/anonymous-1_calm_i-came-to-think-of-poverty-of-speech-as_430539.jpg" --- > [“I came to think of poverty of speech as a reflection of the richness of the mind, giving it time to explore…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-came-to-think-of-poverty-of-speech-as-a-reflection-of-the-richness/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1a/anonymous-1_calm_i-came-to-think-of-poverty-of-speech-as_430539.jpg) > [“I think poverty is not the worst thing in the world, blindness is, because blind people cannot see your beauty.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-kalantri/i-think-poverty-is-not-the-worst-thing-in-the-world-blindness-is/) [Amit Kalantri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit-kalantri/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab2/amit-kalantri-279_amit-kalantri_i-think-poverty-is-not-the-worst-thing-i_2599937.jpg) > [I think poverty is the biggest challenge for Los Angeles and for many of our cities that have come back from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-garcetti/i-think-poverty-is-the-biggest-challenge-for-los-angeles-and-for-many/) [Eric Garcetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-garcetti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e8/eric-garcetti-5068_come_i-think-poverty-is-the-biggest-challenge_2237370.jpg) > [This is what I think about poverty: why waste the potential of people? You never know what you've got going in society…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-shorten/this-is-what-i-think-about-poverty-why-waste-the-potential-of-people/) [Bill Shorten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-shorten/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36c/bill-shorten-14126_chance_this-is-what-i-think-about-poverty-why-w_3220792.jpg) > [We think of poverty as a condition simply meaning a lack of funds, no money, but when one sees fifth, sixth, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-childress/we-think-of-poverty-as-a-condition-simply-meaning-a-lack-of-funds-no/) [Alice Childress](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-childress/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc9/alice-childress-17343_clear_we-think-of-poverty-as-a-condition-simpl_1743766.png) > [Sometimes you do not see white faces when you think of poverty. That leads to lots of stigmas, systemic racism and all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-land/sometimes-you-do-not-see-white-faces-when-you-think-of-poverty-that/) [Stephanie Land](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-land/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea9/stephanie-land-5532_poverty_sometimes-you-do-not-see-white-faces-whe_1964376.jpg) > [We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mother-teresa/we-think-sometimes-that-poverty-is-only-being-hungry-naked-and/) [Mother Teresa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mother-teresa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/361/mother-teresa-196_naked_we-think-sometimes-that-poverty-is-only_1169756.jpg) > [“Contrary to what the West seems to think, it is not poverty that brings people like us so close to God. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orhan-pamuk/contrary-to-what-the-west-seems-to-think-it-is-not-poverty-that/) [Orhan Pamuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orhan-pamuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/416/orhan-pamuk-500_god_contrary-to-what-the-west-seems-to-think_1686082.jpg) > [I assume the president's going to say he got bad intelligence... I think that wherever you see poverty, whether it's in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-rangel/i-assume-the-president-s-going-to-say-he-got-bad-intelligence-i-think/) [Charles Rangel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-rangel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/122/charles-rangel-33582_america_i-assume-the-president-s-going-to-say-he_834150.jpg) > [In the past we used to think of poverty in absolute terms - meaning straightforward material deprivation... We need to think of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cameron/in-the-past-we-used-to-think-of-poverty-in-absolute-terms-meaning/) [David Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cameron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac2/david-cameron-1858_absolutes_in-the-past-we-used-to-think-of-poverty_2534778.png) > [Let us never allow ourselves to think that poverty is an excuse for an invitation to totalitarianism, and if we should be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-levin/let-us-never-allow-ourselves-to-think-that-poverty-is-an-excuse-for/) [Bernard Levin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-levin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d37/bernard-levin-31024_excuse_let-us-never-allow-ourselves-to-think-th_1494622.jpg) > [We should not think of poverty eradication as a matter of collecting money and giving it to the poor so much as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-pogge/we-should-not-think-of-poverty-eradication-as-a-matter-of-collecting/) [Thomas Pogge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-pogge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a2/thomas-pogge-7757_collecting_we-should-not-think-of-poverty-eradicati_1342077.jpg) > [I don't think poverty provides that much of an obstacle to education as one thinks. I think the bigger obstacle to education…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/i-don-t-think-poverty-provides-that-much-of-an-obstacle-to-education/) [Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b72/amartya-sen-2518_abstract_i-don-t-think-poverty-provides-that-much_1078319.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/think-poverty/#itemlist", "name": "Think Poverty Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I came to think of poverty of speech as a reflection of the richness of the mind, giving it time to explore and develop each thought.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-came-to-think-of-poverty-of-speech-as-a-reflection-of-the-richness/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1a/anonymous-1_calm_i-came-to-think-of-poverty-of-speech-as_430539.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1a/anonymous-1_calm_i-came-to-think-of-poverty-of-speech-as_430539.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1a/anonymous-1_calm_i-came-to-think-of-poverty-of-speech-as_430539.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I came to think of poverty of speech as a reflection of the richness of the mind, giving it time to explore…” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I think poverty is not the worst thing in the world, blindness is, because blind people cannot see your beauty.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Amit Kalantri" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-kalantri/i-think-poverty-is-not-the-worst-thing-in-the-world-blindness-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab2/amit-kalantri-279_amit-kalantri_i-think-poverty-is-not-the-worst-thing-i_2599937.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab2/amit-kalantri-279_amit-kalantri_i-think-poverty-is-not-the-worst-thing-i_2599937.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab2/amit-kalantri-279_amit-kalantri_i-think-poverty-is-not-the-worst-thing-i_2599937.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think poverty is not the worst thing in the world, blindness is, because blind people cannot see your…” — Amit Kalantri", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think poverty is the biggest challenge for Los Angeles and for many of our cities that have come back from the recession.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Eric Garcetti" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-garcetti/i-think-poverty-is-the-biggest-challenge-for-los-angeles-and-for-many/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e8/eric-garcetti-5068_come_i-think-poverty-is-the-biggest-challenge_2237370.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e8/eric-garcetti-5068_come_i-think-poverty-is-the-biggest-challenge_2237370.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e8/eric-garcetti-5068_come_i-think-poverty-is-the-biggest-challenge_2237370.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think poverty is the biggest challenge for Los Angeles and for many of our cities that have come back from…” — Eric Garcetti", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "This is what I think about poverty: why waste the potential of people? 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I think that wherever you see poverty, whether it's in the white rural community or the black urban community, you see that the resources have been sucked up into the war and tax cuts for the rich.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Rangel" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-rangel/i-assume-the-president-s-going-to-say-he-got-bad-intelligence-i-think/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/122/charles-rangel-33582_america_i-assume-the-president-s-going-to-say-he_834150.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/122/charles-rangel-33582_america_i-assume-the-president-s-going-to-say-he_834150.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/122/charles-rangel-33582_america_i-assume-the-president-s-going-to-say-he_834150.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I assume the president's going to say he got bad intelligence... 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We need to think of poverty in relative terms - the fact that some people lack those things which others in society take for granted.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Cameron" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cameron/in-the-past-we-used-to-think-of-poverty-in-absolute-terms-meaning/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac2/david-cameron-1858_absolutes_in-the-past-we-used-to-think-of-poverty_2534778.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac2/david-cameron-1858_absolutes_in-the-past-we-used-to-think-of-poverty_2534778.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac2/david-cameron-1858_absolutes_in-the-past-we-used-to-think-of-poverty_2534778.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In the past we used to think of poverty in absolute terms - meaning straightforward material deprivation…” — David Cameron", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Let us never allow ourselves to think that poverty is an excuse for an invitation to totalitarianism, and if we should be tempted to think as much, let us remind ourselves that totalitarianism not only extinguishes liberty but institutionalises poverty as well", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bernard Levin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-levin/let-us-never-allow-ourselves-to-think-that-poverty-is-an-excuse-for/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d37/bernard-levin-31024_excuse_let-us-never-allow-ourselves-to-think-th_1494622.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d37/bernard-levin-31024_excuse_let-us-never-allow-ourselves-to-think-th_1494622.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d37/bernard-levin-31024_excuse_let-us-never-allow-ourselves-to-think-th_1494622.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Let us never allow ourselves to think that poverty is an excuse for an invitation to totalitarianism, and if…” — Bernard Levin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We should not think of poverty eradication as a matter of collecting money and giving it to the poor so much as of reforming the global rules that are disadvantaging the poor and making it impossible for them to fend for themselves.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Pogge" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-pogge/we-should-not-think-of-poverty-eradication-as-a-matter-of-collecting/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a2/thomas-pogge-7757_collecting_we-should-not-think-of-poverty-eradicati_1342077.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a2/thomas-pogge-7757_collecting_we-should-not-think-of-poverty-eradicati_1342077.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a2/thomas-pogge-7757_collecting_we-should-not-think-of-poverty-eradicati_1342077.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We should not think of poverty eradication as a matter of collecting money and giving it to the poor so much…” — Thomas Pogge", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't think poverty provides that much of an obstacle to education as one thinks. 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