Poverty Quotes, Sayings about being poor
I moaned because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet.
African leaders should not turn the continent into a giant collector of donations and loans from wealthy nations—they must find other plausible means to help established their economic security so as to minimize poverty. This incoherent blunder on the mainland must be scrutinized.
- Duop Chak Wuol
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
- Seneca
There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher.
- Victor Hugo
The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.
- Albert Einstein
Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything.
- Publilius Syrus
Childhood, after all, is the first precious coin that poverty steals from a child.
- Anthony Horowitz
Poverty is the worst form of violence.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Poverty won’t allow him to lift up his head; dignity won’t allow him to bow it down.
The tragedy of the poor is that they can afford nothing but self denial.
- Oscar Wilde
I do not believe that one can become rich without being a shark; a sensitive man will never amass wealth.
- Petrus Borel
Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.
- Benjamin Franklin
When it comes to poverty, there is no need to say anything. All we need to do is to help, the moment we encounter it.
- Mehmet Murat ildan
History is written by the rich, and so the poor get blamed for everything.
- Jeffrey D. Sachs
Poverty, for me, is synonymous with degradation.
- Charlotte Brontë
It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The presence of even a single poor child on the street means a million defeats for mankind.
- Mehmet Murat ildan
Poverty frees them from ordinary standards of behaviour, just as money frees people from work.
- George Orwell