Adversity Quote by Marc Chagall

I grew up in poverty as a child, my parents had me when they were very young. They didn't have money growing up.

— Wes Streeting

Poverty dictated my childhood. But there were benefits as well: I became independent, more mature than my peers, and I realized that money is…

— Moon Jae-in

My entire childhood was steeped in poverty. For me, poverty, in a way, was the first inspiration of my life, a commitment to do…

— Narendra Modi

Your poverty today is because of who you are. Want wealth? Let go of your anchors and inhibitions and change yourself.

— Robert Kiyosaki

I was just a regular kid in poverty, struggling.

— Amar'e Stoudemire

Sometimes poverty is the greatest gift you can ever be given. Sometimes loss is the key that leads you to gain.

— Suze Orman

My children didn't have my advantages; I was born into abject poverty.

— Kirk Douglas

Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life.

— Jimmy Dean

I was really poor for most of my adult life.

— Zoe Leonard

It wasn't poverty that drove me on.

— Aleksandr Kuprin

I grew up in poverty. For 25 years I was fed on aid.

— Emmanuel Jal

I've lived in poverty.

— London Breed