Financial hardship Quote by The Lancet

Ill health is an important factor that forces the poor to remain poor. If they make a little bit of money, one episode of…

— Zafrullah Chowdhury

Poverty leads to hardship and failure.

— Irwin Redlener

“Poverty: a temporary financial low, curable by money.”

— Stephen Richards

“According to a World Report in this issue, more than 60 million people in India were forced below the poverty line by health-care costs in 2011.”

— The Lancet

“Better poverty without a care than wealth with its many obligations.”

— Aesop

“The poorest in America are the sickets. Poor people can't afford preventive care or insurance. The poor don't see doctors. They show up at…

— Abraham Verghese

“The results have been devastating. Today, more than half of the people in our world live on less than $2 each per day, and…

— Barry Asmus

“The most recent data available from the U.S. Census’s SIPP show that 90 million people, nearly one-third of all Americans, experienced poverty for two…

— Jonathan Morduch

“Most poverty is a lack of opportunity.”

— Adam LiVecchi

A lot of our social ills are directly related to poverty, not that people of higher status don't have problems, but they have resources.

— Ashley Biden

“Poverty is a mental virus, even if one could get a million, the mindset will always kick in.”

— Evans Biya

Poverty is not just a sad accident, but it's also a result of the fact that some people make a lot of money off…

— Matthew Desmond