Poverty Quotes

2493 Poverty quotes by 1419 unique authors

You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand — Woodrow Wilson
Whenever there are in any country uncultivated lands and unemployed poor, it is clear that the laws of property have been so far extended as… — Thomas Jefferson
To live in poverty is to live with constant uncertainty, to accept galling indignities, and to expect harassment by the police, welfare officials and employers,… — Barbara Ehrenreich
Terrorism really flourishes in areas of poverty, despair and hopelessness, where people see no future — Colin Powell
The root cause of poverty is social injustice and the bad government that abets it — Colin Powell
Poverty arises and persists where corruption is endemic and enterprise is stifled, where basic fairness provided by the rule of law is absent. In such… — Colin Powell
Peace does not fare well where poverty and deprivation reign — Frederik Willem de Klerk
Bodily labor alleviates the pains of the mind and from this arises the happiness of the poor — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Do not tell me of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations. Are they my poor? I tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
All we see of someone at any moment is a snapshot of their life, there in riches or poverty, in joy or despair. Snapshots don't… — Richard Bach
We should not so much esteem our poverty as a misfortune, were it not that the world treats it so much as a crime — Christian Nestell Bovee
In one important respect a man is fortunate in being poor. His responsibility to God is so much the less — Christian Nestell Bovee
Never in the history of the world have so many people been so rich; never in the history of the world have so many of… — Lewis H. Lapham
Seldom do people discern eloquence under a threadbare cloak — Juvenal
Poverty is everyone's problem. It cuts across any line you can name: age, race, social, geographic or religious. Whether you are black or white; rich,… — Kathleen Blanco
Poverty blights whole cities; spreads horrible pestilences; strikes dead the very souls of all who come within sight, sound, or smell of it — George Bernard Shaw
Literary tradition is full of lies about poverty-the jolly beggar, the poor but happy milkmaid, the wholesome diet of porridge, etc. — Mason Cooley
Poverty is a career for lot's of well paid people — Ronald Reagan
The superior man is anxious lest he should not get the truth; he is not anxious lest poverty should come upon him. — Confucius
Be sure that you give the poor the aid they most need. If you give money, spend yourself with it, and do not merely abandon… — Henry David Thoreau

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