Material things Quote by Dennis Prager

“Poverty has a way of taking the edge off principles. Hunger can blunt them altogether.”

— Paula Brackston

“Poverty is a condition that resides in the heart . . . not in the wallet.”

— Jo Ann V. Glim

“Poverty is when there is no food and a child is forced to fill its stomach with water for the night.”

— Matsime Simon Mohapi

“beyond blows and hunger there is something that hurts even more: poverty”

— Jacob Dinezon

“Hunger and poverty steal your childhood and take away your innocence and sense of security. But I was one of the lucky ones because…

— Saroo Brierley

Poverty is not simply having no money - it is isolation, vulnerability, humiliation and mistrust.

— Megan Lee

“We cannot fight against the poverty and hunger in the world; when our stomachs are full of delicious food; the fighters must feel the…

— M.F. Moonzajer

“The absence of money doesn’t mean poverty.”

— Benh Zeitlin

“What I remember most of those times is that poverty creates desperation, and desperation creates violence.”

— Studs Terkel

“Poverty is no crime; always remember that. After all, why should we despair? Our present difficulties will pass away, and God will right us.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Lack of money is no poverty.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“…poverty is not interesting, either to the poor or to the rich. It is the curse of the decent poor to be so utterly…

— Earl Shorris