Poverty Quotes

2493 Poverty quotes by 1419 unique authors

All that the posture of skepticism accomplishes is to freeze the ego in an ignorantist poverty that never stretches or diversifies its resources of imagination… — Kenny Smith
As long as there is poverty in the world I can never be rich, even if I have a billion dollars. As long as diseases… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I bear witness, O my God, that Thou hast created me to know Thee and to worship Thee. I testify, at this moment, to my… — BahÃ¡'u'llÃ¡h
Philips, whose touch harmonious could remove The pangs of guilty power and hapless love! Rest here, distress'd by poverty no more; Here find that calm… — Samuel Johnson
Business is about problem-solving, but it does not always have to be about maximizing profit. When I went into business, my interest was to figure… — Muhammad Yunus
God is in the manger, wealth in poverty, light in darkness, succor in abandonment. No evil can befall us; whatever men may do to us,… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Poverty does not make people terrorists, but terrorists can exploit the frustration it creates and use it as a breeding-ground for violent ideas. — Anna Lindh
Poverty must be reduced not only for reasons of moral and justice, but also of security. — Anna Lindh
Firstly, economic globalisation has brought prosperity and development to many countries, but also financial crises to Asia, Latin America and Russia, and increasing poverty and… — Anna Lindh
Because they [Americans] want to be thought of as a rich nation, they are very ashamed of this place [Appalachia] that has come to represent… — Silas House
Prosperity is not just having things. It is the consciousness that attracts the things. Prosperity is a way of living and thinking, and not just… — Eric Butterworth
Poverty is a scandal of our times because it CAN be changed. — Catherine Marshall
Why should a child's future be shaped by where they are born? — Catherine Marshall
Every optimist moves along with progress and hastens it, while every pessimist would keep the worlds at a standstill. The consequence of pessimism in the… — Helen Keller
The way that a handful of corporations in Los Angeles dictate how our stories are told creates a real poverty of imagination and it's a… — Alex Cox
The link between peace and stability on the one hand, and social and economic growth on the other, is dialectic. Peace, poverty, and backwardness cannot… — King Hussein I
The way you feel is your point of attraction, and so, the Law of Attraction is most understood when you see yourself as a magnet… — Esther Hicks
In opposition to this detachment, he finds an image of man which contains within itself man's dreams, man's illness, man's redemption from the misery of… — Salvatore Quasimodo
Fasting will break poverty from your life. — Jentezen Franklin
I do not prize the word cheap. It is not a word of inspiration. It is the badge of poverty, the signal of distress. Cheap… — William McKinley
Riches, honors and pleasure are the sweets which destroy the mind's appetite for heavenly food; poverty, disgrace and pain are the bitters which restore it. — George Horne
The patience of poverty. In rice fields, backs bent forever. Amazing, man outoxens the oxen and still smiles. The mystery of India, say Indologists. — Gunter Grass
Poor human reason, when it trusts in itself, substitutes the strangest absurdities for the highest divine concepts — Saint John Chrysostom
Staring us in the face is the desperate plight of the poor. We don't need statistics to tell us that. They are flesh and blood… — Eva Burrows
Poverty is bitter, but it has no harder pang than that it makes men ridiculous. — Juvenal

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