Clear Quote by Alice Childress

poverty denotes a lack of necessities and simplicity a lack of needs.

— Dervla Murphy

Poverty is not only a lack of money, it's a lack of sense of meaning.

— David Bornstein

Poverty is not just a lack of money; it is not having the capability to realize one's full potential as a human being

— Amartya Sen

A common measure of poverty is how much money you have in relation to other people - that is useful as far as it…

— William T. Vollmann

Poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes depression. It means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships.

— J. K. Rowling

I've been working on issues of poverty for more than 20 years, and so it's ironic that the problem that and question that I…

— Jacqueline Novogratz

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

— Damian Marley

Poverty, in the end, is a state of dispossession and deprivation in which people are not only deprived of their income, but also of…

— James Gustave Speth

In the past we used to think of poverty in absolute terms - meaning straightforward material deprivation... We need to think of poverty in…

— David Cameron

Poverty is about low, self-esteem and a lack of role models and opportunities. Without money, people resort to de-dignifying activities in order to support…

— John Hope Bryant

“What is Poverty? A hateful good; a mother of health; a putting away of cares; a discoverer of wisdom; business without injury; ownership without…

— Secundus the Silent

Poverty is when large efforts produce small results. Wealth is when small efforts produce large results.

— David George