Chance Quote by Bill Shorten

Poverty wastes people; it wastes opportunity.

— Bill Shorten

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

Poverty is a result of lack of opportunity. Lack of opportunity is about being without power, without being in a position to make choices.

— Winnie Byanyima

I believe that poverty is often the result of inappropriate behavior - out-of-wedlock births, dropping out of school, crime and drugs - which should…

— Joe Klein

People would rather live in an area of poverty than in an area where there are no jobs, because if they live in poverty,…

— John Kasich

“Fundamentally, poverty is a denial of choices and opportunities, a violation of human dignity. It means lack of basic capacity to participate effectively in…

— Dean Karlan

Sometimes poverty is the greatest gift you can ever be given. Sometimes loss is the key that leads you to gain.

— Suze Orman

Poverty has its advantages. When you're that poor what would you have that anyone would want? Except your peace of mind. Your dignity. Your…

— Ana Castillo

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

— Damian Marley

You think in a different way when you don't have any money. The joy of poverty is that you use your imagination to come…

— Amy Sedaris

Maybe poverty is a special case of something else. That something else is 'scarcity,' and anyone who has the experience of 'having very little'…

— Sendhil Mullainathan

what is life worth if one has nothing to give away? This lack, it seems to me, must be the sharpest pang of poverty.

— Mabel Osgood Wright