Poverty Quotes
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Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father.
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Before Social Security existed, about half of America's senior citizens lived in poverty.
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I went from just a regular nappy-headed kid in poverty to Amar'e Stoudemire, New York Knicks captain superstar. But there's a lot in between that allowed me to get from point A to point B.
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Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.
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The child was diseased at birth, stricken with a hereditary ill that only the most vital men are able to shake off. I mean poverty-the most deadly and prevalent of all diseases.
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The only way to have a better world and end poverty is by closing the gap between the top and the bottom.
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Talent isn't enough. You need motivation-and persistence, too: what Steinbeck called a blend of faith and arrogance. When you're young, plain old poverty can be enough, along with an insatiable hunger for recognition. You have to have that feeling of "I'll show them." If you don't have it, don't become a writer.
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A Texas girl who grew up in terrible poverty, I ended up leading a pretty glamorous life.
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Nyasaland was the perfect country for a volunteer. It was friendly and destitute; it was small and out-of-the-way. It had all of Africa's problems - poverty, ignorance, disease.
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Rio is an energetic, vibrant place, full of beauty and nature. But we face the kinds of problems any developing metropolis does - with pollution, traffic congestion, poverty. Distribution of green areas, for example, is not uniform. Madureira, the heart of the suburb in Rio, is a concrete jungle.
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Most people recognize that to create jobs is really the essential element in their drive against poverty.
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Taking responsible steps to reduce poverty is not merely a moral imperative but an economic one.
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I don't think we can fix poverty without fixing housing, and I don't think we can address housing without understanding landlords.
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I've always been after the trappings of great luxury. But all I've got hold of are the trappings of great poverty. I've got hold of the wrong load of trappings, and a rotten load they are too, ones I could have very well done without.
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The hope that poverty and ignorance may gradually be extinguished, derives indeed much support from the steady progress of the working classes during the nineteenth century.
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There is no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.
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Poverty and oysters always seem to go together.
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In this life you can take poverty, you can take failure, you can take the big things; it's the little griefs that destroy you inside.
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The hopes of the Republic cannot forever tolerate either undeserved poverty or self-serving wealth.
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That made me feel good, not to go to a resort where outside the door is extreme poverty.
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If freedom is to be saved and enlarged, poverty must be ended. There is no other solution.
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My mom grew up in poverty in Oklahoma - like Dust Bowl, nine people in one room kind of place - and the way she got out of poverty was through education. My dad grew up without a dad, with very little and he also made his way out through education.
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Begin to build up confidence and joy in your own richness. That richness is the essence of generosity. It is the essence of resourcefulness ; that you can deal with whatever is available around you and not feel poverty stricken.
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Moms that get evicted are depressed and have higher rates of depressive symptoms two years later. That has to affect their interactions with their kids and their sense of happiness. You add all that together, and it's just really obvious to me that eviction is a cause, not just a condition, of poverty.
