Age Quote by Viola Davis

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

Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life.

— Jimmy Dean

I began to realize that poverty was really more of a choice than anything else and that I could change that. And it just…

— Benjamin Carson

It wasn't poverty that drove me on.

— Aleksandr Kuprin

Poverty made me feel weak, as if I were coming down with an awful, debilitating, communicable disease - the disease of being without money.…

— Faith Sullivan

Poverty, I realized, wasn't only a lack of financial resources; it was isolation from the kind of people that could help you make more…

— Keith Ferrazzi

Poverty has its advantages. When you're that poor what would you have that anyone would want? Except your peace of mind. Your dignity. Your…

— Ana Castillo

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

— Suze Orman

I grew up in poverty. I was ashamed of the fact, when we were kids, we'd be at school hungry, our stomachs rumbling so…

— Jimmy Barnes

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 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