Poverty Quotes

2493 Poverty quotes by 1419 unique authors

Thanks to the Communist Party of China, we now know the path to poverty alleviation is Capitalism. — Fareed Zakaria
Your poverty today is because of who you are. Want wealth? Let go of your anchors and inhibitions and change yourself. — Robert Kiyosaki
Provided that societies stay mindful of the challenges that capitalism creates and never forget the paramount importance of inclusion and equal opportunity, we can and… — Dalai Lama
When it comes to solving problems of poverty, impact investing can act as a catalyst, but it is not a silver bullet. Successful businesses serving… — Jacqueline Novogratz
Join me in the final race to smash poverty and achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals — Carl Lewis
Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society. It is a bulwark against poverty, and… — Kofi Annan
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
There is a power under your control that is greater than poverty, greater than the lack of education, greater than all your fears and superstitions… — Andrew Carnegie
Lent is a fitting time for self-denial; we would do well to ask ourselves what we can give up in order to help and enrich… — Pope Francis
Desires repeatedly mastered for the sake of present duty make us richer. Lack of desire is poverty. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance is poverty. Ignorance is devastation. Ignorance is tragedy. And ignorance is illness. It all stems from ignorance. — Jim Rohn
The best writing deadlines are poverty and death. — Victor LaValle
Precisely where I feel my poverty is where I discover God's blessing. — Henri Nouwen
In the poorest countries...it is women who are the key to breaking out of poverty...and preparing another generation for...leading their countries into real security. — Queen Noor of Jordan
There can be no peace as long as there is grinding poverty, social injustice, inequality, oppression, environmental degradation, and as long as the weak and… — Dalai Lama
As long as women are bound by poverty and as long as they are looked down upon, human rights will lack substance. — Nelson Mandela
Last night my teacher taught me the lesson of Poverty: Having nothing and wanting nothing. — Unknown Author
Better to love God and die unknown than to love the world and bea hero; better to be content with poverty than to die a… — Erwin W. Lutzer
Pride is the utter poverty of soul disguised as riches, imaginary light where in fact there is darkness. — John Climacus
You need dictatorships and poverty to produce great footballers. — Eamon Dunphy
Great numbers of Asian Americans do not fit the model minority or 'tiger family' stereotypes, living instead in multigenerational poverty far from the mainstream. — Eric Liu
Our world, so we see and hear on all sides, is drowning in materialism, commercialism, consumerism. But the problem is not really there. What we… — Jacob Needleman
A true revolution of values will soon look uneasily on the glaring contrast of poverty and wealth. — Lloyd Banks
All the world suffers from the usury of the Jews, their monopolies and deceit. They have brought many unfortunate people into a state of poverty,… — Pope Clement VIII
The vice and drunkenness among the lowering laboring classes is growing to frightful excess, and the multitudes of low Irish Catholics … restricted by poverty… — John Pintard

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