Poverty Quotes

2493 Poverty quotes by 1419 unique authors

The future has already arrived. It's just not evenly distributed yet. — William Gibson
Rich Mullins was the uneasy conscience of Christian music. He didn't live like a star. He'd taken a vow of poverty so that what he… — Amy Grant
We can't leave people in abject poverty, so we need to raise the standard of living for 80% of the world's people, while bringing it… — Jane Goodall
The struggle against poverty in the world and the challenge of cutting wealthy country emissions all has a single, very simple solution... Here it is:… — Al Gore
There is nothing wrong with men possessing riches. The wrong comes when riches possess men. — Billy Graham
Education can lift individuals out of poverty and into rewarding careers. — Christine Gregoire
This is what people don't understand: obesity is a symptom of poverty. It's not a lifestyle choice where people are just eating and not exercising.… — Tom Colicchio
To be obliged to beg our daily happiness from others bespeaks a more lamentable poverty than that of him who begs his daily bread. — Charles Caleb Colton
Women do two thirds of the world's work. Yet they earn only one tenth of the world's income and own less than one percent of… — Barber Conable
In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of. — Confucius
There are more than 300,000 families in the Gulf region that lost their homes and are waiting for peace of mind. The hurricane exposed the… — Harry Connick, Jr.
You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it. — Bill Cosby
The poverty from which I have suffered could be diagnosed as 'Soho' poverty. It comes from having the airs and graces of a genius and… — Quentin Crisp
If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin. — Charles Darwin
Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life. — Jimmy Dean
And plenty makes us poor. — John Dryden
They say it is better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable, but how about a compromise like moderately rich and just moody? — Princess Diana
He ate and drank the precious Words, his Spirit grew robust; He knew no more that he was poor, nor that his frame was Dust. — Emily Dickinson
Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they… — Benjamin Disraeli
You know how people love to glamorize poverty? There's nothing glamorous about it. But it did make me really creative. Those days, I was literally… — Beth Ditto
The price of indulging yourself in your youth in the things you cannot afford is poverty and dependence in your old age. — Dorothy Dix
I came from abject poverty. There was nowhere to go but up. — Kirk Douglas
Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized… — Frederick Douglass
Did you know that nearly one in three children live apart from their biological dads? Those kids are two to three times more likely to… — Tony Dungy
The poor man wishes to conceal his poverty, and the rich man his wealth: the former fears lest he be despised, the latter lest he… — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

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