Poverty Quotes

2493 Poverty quotes by 1419 unique authors

The past year's natural disasters have highlighted the invaluable contributions of volunteers in our communities. They have volunteered their time, energy and skills to save… — Kofi Annan
If we are to make poverty history, we must have the active participation of States, civil society and the private sector, as well as individual… — Kofi Annan
Once you experience Third World poverty, you're really changed forever, if you're at all open to it, because we're all united in our common humanity.… — Martin Sheen
Anticipate charity by preventing poverty; assist the reduced fellow man, either by a considerable gift or a sum of money or by teaching him a… — Maimonides
The economic benefits of investing in children have been extensively documented. Investing fully in children today will ensure the well-being and productivity of future generations… — Carol Bellamy
My vision for the future? ... a world completely free from poverty. — Muhammad Yunus
Don't let complexity stop you. Be activists. Take on the big inequities. It will be one of the great experiences of your lives. — Bill Gates
As the wealthiest nation on Earth, I believe the United States has a moral obligation to lead the fight against hunger and malnutrition, and to… — Barack Obama
Foreign Assistance is not an end in itself. The purpose of aid must be to create the conditions where it is no longer needed. — Barack Obama
Between now and 2015, we must make sure that promises made become promises kept. The consequences of doing otherwise are profound: death, illness and despair,… — Ban Ki-moon
There is a common tendency to ignore the poor or to develop some rationalisation for the good fortune of the fortunate. — John Kenneth Galbraith
While economic development [in Egypt] made a few people rich, it left many more worse off. As people felt less and less free, they also… — Dalia Mogahed
You don't have to get rich to have [fewer] children. It has happened across the world. — Hans Rosling
We get so little news about the developing world that we often forget that there are literally millions of people out there struggling to change… — Alex Steffen
We have to craft new political realities, not only in places like India, Afghanistan, Kenya, Pakistan, but here at home as well. Another world is… — Alex Steffen
Connectivity is productivity - whether it's in a modern office or an underdeveloped village. — Iqbal Quadir
A hungry man can't see right or wrong. He just sees food. — Pearl S. Buck
When people were hungry, Jesus didn't say, "Now is that political, or social?" He said, "I feed you." Because the good news to a hungry… — Desmond Tutu
The day that hunger is eradicated from the earth there will be the greatest spiritual explosion the world has ever known. Humanity cannot imagine the… — Federico Garcia Lorca
There is only one rule by which to judge if God is near us or is far away - the rule that God's word is… — John F. Kennedy

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