Born Quote by Naveen Jain

My father grew up quite poor actually in a small farming village in South India. His grandfather was a farmer, his father was a…

— Vivek Murthy

I grew up poor in India, and there were days when we struggled to find food and other basic necessities. Our mother worked odds…

— Naveen Jain

I have seen poverty first hand. My parents were not well-off. They were in Ban'gladesh and I - just a child then - was…

— Roopa Ganguly

My parents didn't believe in luck. They believed in hard work and in preparing me to take advantage of opportunity. Like many parents, they…

— Naveen Jain

I was born in a very poor family. I used to sell tea in a railway coach as a child. My mother used to…

— Narendra Modi

When I was growing up, my family was plagued by poverty. My mother, a single parent, worked around the clock to make sure her…

— Patrisse Cullors

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

— Kirk Douglas

Poverty was my mother's midwife. She had her children in poverty. But she also found a road to bring us a sense of purpose,…

— Harry Belafonte

My father came from a very poor background, but I was very fortunate in the sense that we were never in need. My dad…

— Brad Pitt

My family was very poor. Strangely, though, my father was an enigma in that he was always working. He was not a ne'er-do-well. He…

— Rodney Crowell

I was born in a very poor family. I used to sell tea in a railway coach as a child. My mother used to…

— Narendra Modi