Best 2723 quotes in «poverty quotes» category

My Scottish Labour Party is a crusade - to fight poverty, inequality and injustice.

My state has the highest child poverty rate in all of New England, above the national average.

My upbringing has been pushing and pulling my work my whole life. At first it pushed me away, as I sought to clean up my mind with a style that was slick and glossy, aspirational and wrapped in fantasy. That's still largely how I approach my fashion work. More recently it's pulled me back, particularly since Katrina, and as I get older and lose some of that shame that's inherited with poverty.

Neglect of an effective birth control policy is a never-failing source of poverty which, in turn, is the parent of revolution and crime.

Never in the history of the world have so many people been so rich; never in the history of the world have so many of those same people felt themselves so poor.

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason

Never be diplomatic and careful about the treasure God gives. This is poverty triumphant.

Nigeria has no business with poverty. With our human and material resources, we shall strive to eradicate poverty from our country.

Nobody wants to remain poor. Those who are poor want to move away from poverty. That is why, all our programmes must be for the poor. All our schemes must serve the poor.

No longer can we measure compassion by how much we spend on poverty but how many people we help to lift out of poverty.

No man can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.

No, I have no desire for riches. Honest poverty and a conscience, torpid through virtuous inaction, are more to me than corner lots and praise.

On certain continents poverty is more spiritual than material, a poverty that consists of loneliness, discouragement, and the lack of meaning in life.

None can be an impartial or wise observer of human life but from the vantage ground of what we should call voluntary poverty.

No one is kept in poverty by a shortness in the supply of riches, there is more than enough for all.

No solution [to the problem of poverty] is so effective as providing income to the poor. Whether in the form of food, housing, health services, education or money, income is an excellent antidote for deprivation. No truth has spawned so much ingenious evasion.

Not only subjective poverty is never overcome by growth, but absolute poverty is increased by it. ... Absolute misery grows while wealth increases.

Non-violence can truly flourish when the world is free of poverty, hunger, discrimination, exclusion, intolerance and hatred - when women and men can realize their highest potential and live a secure and fulfilling life. Until then, each and every one of us would have to contribute - collectively and individually - to build peace through non-violence.

Nothing incites to money-crimes like great poverty or great wealth.

O blessed poverty, who bestows eternal riches on those who love and embrace her!

Of all the advantages which come to any young man ... poverty is the greatest.

Of course I am frustrated with regard to extreme poverty, to violence that never seems to cease.

Of those who die from avoidable, poverty-related causes, nearly 10 million, according to UNICEF, are children under five. They die from diseases such as measles, diarrhoea, and malaria that are easy and inexpensive to treat or prevent.

Oh, poverty parts good company.

Once any group in society stands in a relatively deprived position in relation to other groups, it is genuinely deprived.

One of the greatest obstacles to escaping poverty is the staggering cost of higher education.

One of the glaring failures of capitalism is the continuing widespread existence of poverty - often extreme poverty. Even in the advanced economies, many millions of people endure terrible economic and social deprivation, despite the incredible wealth all around them.

Our aid is work for the American people.

One ought not to encourage beggars, and yes, you are right, it is far better to donate to charities that address the causes of poverty rather than to him, a creature who is merely its symptom.

Only that which lasts forever is real. That which is done in the temple lasts forever; therefore, the temple is the real world. Most of what we experience "out there," such as sickness, wealth, poverty, fame, etc., lasts for only a short period of time, so it is not the real world.

Our efforts to help the poor does not mean we're going to eradicate poverty.

One of the things that struck me when I came to the U.S. was discovering American poverty.

Only the poor can know all the disadvantages of poverty. Only the rich can know all the disadvantages of wealth.

Our inability to recall how we really felt is why our wealth of experiences turns out to be poverty of riches.

Ours is not a problem of the intellect but of spiritual poverty. That is why we need a Savior.

Our opponents say more children are living in poverty than when we came into office. And that's probably right.

Our poverty is freedom. This is our poverty - the giving up our freedom to dispose of things, to choose, to possess

Paper is poverty, it is only the ghost of money, and not money itself.

Over one in five American children is living in poverty, and the number is rising.

People see poverty all around them in India, but they are desensitized or immune to it. I came to the conclusion that poverty is driven by lack of education.

Patches are a nun's jewels.

Peace does not fare well where poverty and deprivation reign

People can be so apathetic. They continue to ignore the real people trapped in poverty and homelessness. It's almost maddening

People think that this concept of GDP is scientific economics, partly because it has a precise number and can be quantified. But the underlying concept of "the market" makes it appear as if today's poverty is natural. It makes it appear that Goldman Sachs and Donald Trump are job creators instead of job destroyers. That is illogical, when you think about it.

Poor maids have more lovers than husbands.

People would rather live in an area of poverty than in an area where there are no jobs, because if they live in poverty, they have a certain sense of hope they can get out of it. If there are no jobs, there's no hope. And bad things come from that.

Poor and afflicted and oppressed people have faces, and we are required to look squarely into them. We can't love what we won't experience.

Poor people who had escaped from poverty as I had, feared it, hated it and fled from it all their lives. Those born rich could afford to be touched by it.

Poverty and lack of knowledge must be challenged.

Poverty and War have no excuse.