Poverty Quotes

2493 Poverty quotes by 1419 unique authors

All affectation is the vain and ridiculous attempt of poverty to appear rich — Johann Kaspar Lavater
Let us, above all, be clear that, without a convincing program of debt relief to start the new millennium, our objective of halving world poverty… — Kofi Annan
What fun it would be to be poor, as long as one was excessively poor! Anything in excess is most exhilarating — Jean Anouilh
Poverty and War have no excuse. — Vanna Bonta
Poverty breeds lack of self-reliance — Daniel De Leon
The best way to help the poor is not to become one of them — Lang Hancock
The perception of poverty as morally intolerable in a rich society had to await the emergence of a rich society — Nathan Rosenberg
Cinna wishes to seem poor, and is poor — Marcus Aurelius
The people starve because those above them eat too much tax-grain. That is the only reason why they starve. — Laozi
Riches without law are more dangerous than is poverty without law — Henry Ward Beecher
If the poor only had profiles there would be no difficulty in solving the problem of poverty — Oscar Wilde
If it were (Is it not) outrageous that society should treat with such rigid precision those of its members who were most poorly endowed in… — Victor Hugo
And makes me poor indeed. — William Shakespeare
Evermore thanks, the exchequer of the poor — William Shakespeare
Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks — William Shakespeare
Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. — Benjamin Franklin
Poverty, Poetry, and new Titles of Honor, make Men ridiculous — Benjamin Franklin
Poverty wants some things, Luxury many things, Avarice all things — Benjamin Franklin
We are raising a generation that has a woefully small stock of ideas and interests and emotions. It must be amused at all costs but… — Robert McCracken
Sometimes the lack of substantive freedoms relates directly to economic poverty, which robs people of the freedom to satisfy hunger; or to achieve sufficient nutrition,… — Amartya Sen
You cannot tackle hunger, disease, and poverty unless you can also provide people with a healthy ecosystem in which their economies can grow. — Gro Harlem Brundtland
Microfinance stands as one of the most promising and cost-effective tools in the fight against global poverty. — Unknown Author
...in the midst of migrants in search of a better life there are people in need of protection: refugees and asylum-seekers, women and children victims… — Antonio Guterres
From this vision of the role of the United Nations in the next century flow three key priorities for the future: eradicating poverty, preventing conflict… — Kofi Annan
Two decades ago, however, socialism and communism died rudely, then were buried forever by the empirical demonstration of the superiority of market capitalism everywhere from… — Charles Krauthammer

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