We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.
Mother Teresa
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CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS We do not wish to impoverish the environment any further, and yet we cannot for a moment forget the ... INDIRA GANDHI We're trying to reduce family poverty. We don't want our children living in poverty. LILLIAN KOLLER Women continue receiving less salary for the same kind of job. Women have a higher unemployment rate... LAURA CHINCHILLA Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of the mind is irreparable. MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is. ENGLISH PROVERB Poverty is not only the absence of money,but thinking of oneself only to enjoy one's success is a gr... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) There is no greater poverty, than poverty of the mind. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA To seek "causes" of poverty in this way is to enter an intellectual dead end because poverty has no ... JANE JACOBS Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible. MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE The opposite of poverty is not wealth. In too many places, the opposite of poverty is justice. BRYAN STEVENSON As a remedy against all ills; poverty, sickness, and melancholy only one thing is absolutely necessa... CHARLES BAUDELAIRE Poverty is not the absence of money,but it is not being able to think beyond your present circumstan... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Nigeria has no business with poverty. With our human and material resources, we shall strive to erad... OLUSEGUN OBASANJO Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father JEAN DE LA BRUYERE Poverty is no sinne.
[Poverty is no sin.] GEORGE HERBERT We develop the kind of citizens we deserve. If a large number of our children grow up into frustrati... ROBERT KENNEDY If Poverty is the Mother of Crimes, want of Sense is the Father. JEAN DE LA BRUYERE What was not on the national radar screen has exploded onto television screens, ... We know now that... JOSEPH LOWERY The worst kind of shame is being ashamed of frugality or poverty.
[Lat., Pessimus quidem pudor vel... TITUS LIVY Poverty within is as dangerous as poverty without. ROWAN SWAN What this data shows is that New York has the greatest gaps between wealth and poverty in the countr... FRANK MAURO The curse of poverty has no justification in our age...The time has come for us to civilize ourselv... MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR It reveals the overlap between poverty and race in the U.S.. It also points out the deep poverty tha... BRYAN FAIR If poverty is the mother of crime, lack of good sense is the father. JEAN DE LA BRUYERE Poverty & fear are related,for where there is poverty,there is always extreme fear. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Inflation is taking up the poverty line, and poverty is not just economic but defined by way of heal... AZIM PREMJI The poverty of a man of benevolence is not to be considered as poverty but only as his temporary ina... THIRUVALLUVAR Poverty and lack of knowledge must be challenged. 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JOHN CORNWELL The cancer that demands our urgent attention is corruption and poverty. MIRIAM DEFENSOR-SANTIAGO Pity those that never experienced poverty,for they've missed the wisdom of life's greatest teacher. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father. JEAN DE LA BRUYERE We are conscious of the abject poverty that so many countries and individuals face. We're being driv... GORDON BROWN There is a significant need for this sort of work in our county. A major portion of this community i... GEORGE LEWIS Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime. ARISTOTLE Without poverty we can never appreciate prosperity & without prosperity there will be no poverty. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) First premise: If we can prevent something bad without sacrificing anything of comparable significan... PETER SINGER Commemoration of Martyrs of Japan, 1597 The deepest need of men is not food and clothing and shel... THOMAS R. KELLY I realized that poverty was a kind of captivity. NANCY E. TURNER Black people must address itself to the causes of poverty. That's oppression in this country. H. RAP BROWN There's only one thing money won't buy, and that is poverty. JOE E. LEWIS Poverty exist no where,but just in the mind,if the mind says there is poverty,it quickly manifest fo... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Poverty is the schoolmaster of character. ANTIPHANES Poverty is the schoolmaster of character. ANTIPHANES ANTIPHANES Poverty is the parent of revolution ARISTOTLE Poverty is the origin of invention SUNDAY ADELAJA A good name is the only insurance we need against the monster called poverty. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) There is no deliverance from poverty for life,if your mind has been conscripted & permanently tuned ... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Poverty keeps together more homes than it breaks up. HECTOR HUGH MUNRO Michigan's threshold had been consistently under the poverty line. The threshold in Michigan is slip... JASON LEVITIS The unique instrument to eradicate poverty and usher in prosperity is our youth. N. R. NARAYANA MURTHY I think the impetus is still there. This continent cannot be allowed to die nightly in the pornograp... BOB GELDOF Poverty is restriction and as such, it is the greatest injustice you can perpetrate upon yourself. STUART WILDE Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons. WOODY ALLEN Are we interested in treating the symptoms of poverty and economic stagnation through income redistr... PAUL RYAN As long as we look to legislation to cure poverty or to abolish special privilege we are going to se... HENRY FORD The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence SAMUEL JOHNSON Poverty is the worst form of violence. MAHATMA GANDHI Poverty is the worst form of death. HAZRAT ALI Think about it: Every educated person is not rich, but almost every education person has a job and a... KATHLEEN BLANCO No one ever got rich by studying poverty and thinking about poverty. WALLACE D. WATTLES All of this stuff that is going on is inextricably related to poverty. BEN CHAVIS The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor. H. L. MENCKEN The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor HENRY LOUIS MENCKEN We can win respect in the world only if we are strong internally and can banish poverty and unemploy... LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI MAGGOTS!
I only shit with the money in my poverty and all who envy and steal this money in my povert... MUCOR DEDALIV RALUI The power to have the experience to master poverty is by first learning to serve it. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Poverty & prosperity are next door neighbors,for the person that is terribly beaten by the poverty w... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Laziness will only lead to poverty and scarcity SUNDAY ADELAJA In my opinion the cyclical poverty that plagues this country is formidable. THEE AMAZING GRACE Poverty is relative SUNDAY ADELAJA
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