Definitions Quote by Muhammad Yunus

I've been working on issues of poverty for more than 20 years, and so it's ironic that the problem that and question that I…

— Jacqueline Novogratz

poverty denotes a lack of necessities and simplicity a lack of needs.

— Dervla Murphy

Poverty is not only a lack of money, it's a lack of sense of meaning.

— David Bornstein

“While others allow failure to define them, others allow lack or abundance to define them. You cannot define yourself that way! You may have…

— D.S. Mashego

“...defining what is important solely by what can be measured is a bad idea - like looking for lost keys not down a dark…

— Benjamin R. Barber

A common measure of poverty is how much money you have in relation to other people - that is useful as far as it…

— William T. Vollmann

“What is Poverty? A hateful good; a mother of health; a putting away of cares; a discoverer of wisdom; business without injury; ownership without…

— Secundus the Silent

Poverty always looks the same, no matter where you come across it. The rich can always express their opulence by varying their lives. Different…

— Henning Mankell

“Definitions only belong to those who need them.”

— Darnell Lamont Walker

“Fundamentally, poverty is a denial of choices and opportunities, a violation of human dignity. It means lack of basic capacity to participate effectively in…

— Dean Karlan

“In the final analysis, poverty means death: lack of food and housing, the inability to attend properly to health and education needs, the exploitation…

— Gustavo Gutiérrez

In the past we used to think of poverty in absolute terms - meaning straightforward material deprivation... We need to think of poverty in…

— David Cameron