Poverty Quotes

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As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti, to share in… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are… — Aristotle
Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything of its own… — Francis of Assisi
What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has… — Saint Augustine
Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others. — Saint Augustine
Poverty is the mother of crime. — Marcus Aurelius
Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony. — Jane Austen
It is a most certain truth, that the richer we see ourselves to be, confessing at the same time our poverty, the greater will be… — Teresa of Avila
Chile has done a lot to rid itself of poverty, especially extreme poverty, since the return to democracy. But we still have a ways to… — Michelle Bachelet
Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell. — Walter Bagehot
Gerald Boyd was a classic specimen of the self-made man. Born poor, he worked and studied his way up out of poverty under the guidance… — Russell Baker
Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor. — James A. Baldwin
When you have a spiritual foundation, you look at poverty differently then. — Dennis Banks
He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has. — Henry Ward Beecher
You cannot sift out the poor from the community. The poor are indispensable to the rich. — Henry Ward Beecher
It is easy to romanticize poverty, to see poor people as inherently lacking agency and will. It is easy to strip them of human dignity,… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The life of the community, both domestically and internationally, clearly demonstrates that respect for rights, and the guarantees that follow from them, are measures of… — Pope Benedict XVI
The poverty of our century is unlike that of any other. It is not, as poverty was before, the result of natural scarcity, but of… — John Berger
Poverty is not a disgrace, but it's terribly inconvenient. — Milton Berle
Injustice, poverty, slavery, ignorance - these may be cured by reform or revolution. But men do not live only by fighting evils. They live by… — Isaiah Berlin

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