Poverty Quotes

The reason we have poverty is that we have no imagination. There are a great many people accumulating what they think is vast wealth, but it's only money... they don't know how to enjoy it, because they have no imagination.

When poverty shows itself, even mischievous boys understand what it means.

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

I think that America in general is piratical. Every time we accept a paycheck for doing almost nothing, allowing us to live above the poverty line, we're engaging in piracy.

The two big advantages I had at birth were to have been born wise and to have been born in poverty.

In times of conflict, war, poverty or religious fundamentalism, women and children are the first and most numerous victims. Women need all their courage today.

I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms from me, the rich man for the alms of my envy, the poor man for the alms of my guilt.

There are no quick fixes to Indigenous poverty and social disaster.

And though my Lord hath lost his estate and been banished out of his country, yet neither despised poverty nor pinching necessity could make him break the bonds of friendship or weaken his loyal duty.

Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides.