Poverty Quotes

2493 Poverty quotes by 1419 unique authors

Ignorance, poverty, and greed must disappear so that light can prevail in all places. — Helen Keller
God not only loves me as I am, but also knows me as I am. Because of this I don't need to apply spiritual cosmetics… — Brennan Manning
We must be like the fountain or spring that is continually emptying itself of all that it has and is continually being refilled from an… — Shoghi Effendi
Charity only perpetuates poverty by taking the initiative away from the poor. — Muhammad Yunus
As we mourn President Mandela’s passing we must ask ourselves the fundamental question - what shall we do to respond to the tasks of building… — Thabo Mbeki
I know what poverty is. — Manny Pacquiao
I suffered first as a child from discrimination, poverty ... So I think it was a natural follow from that that I should use my… — Gordon Parks
There should exist among the citizens neither extreme poverty nor again excessive wealth, for both are productive of great evil. — Plato
We all have the chance to create a world where extreme poverty is the exception rather than the rule. — Bill Gates
Quietude, which some men cannot abide because it reveals their inward poverty, is as a palace of cedar to the wise, for along its hallowed… — Charles Spurgeon
We need to realize that poverty doesn't only consist of being hungry for bread, but rather it is a tremendous hunger for human dignity. We… — Mother Teresa
How many kinds of moral and material poverty we face today as a result of denying God and putting so many idols in his place! — Pope Francis
We must be moving, working, making dreams to run toward; the poverty of life without dreams is too horrible to imagine. — Sylvia Plath
Playing it safe and taking no risks is a shortcut to poverty — Jordan Belfort
In imitation of our Master, we Christians are called to confront the poverty of our brothers and sisters, to touch it, to make it our… — Pope Francis
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
The ultimate solution to POVERTY is found in the COMPASSION of God's people. — Max Lucado
Poverty is not a character failing or a lack of motivation. Poverty is a shortage of money. — Barbara Ehrenreich
God does not create poverty; we do, because we do not share. — Mother Teresa
Of those who die from avoidable, poverty-related causes, nearly 10 million, according to UNICEF, are children under five. They die from diseases such as measles,… — Peter Singer
By almost any measure, the world is better than it has ever been. People are living longer, healthier lives. Many nations that were aid recipients… — Bill Gates
We are stronger than those who oppress us, who seek to silence us. We are stronger than the enemies of education. We are stronger than… — Malala Yousafzai
Ours is not a problem of the intellect but of spiritual poverty. That is why we need a Savior. — Ravi Zacharias
There is nothing new about poverty. What is new, however, is that we have the resources to get rid of it. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
As we come to know the seriousness of the situation, the war, the racism, the poverty in our world, we come to realize that things… — Dorothy Day

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