2,719 Quotes About Poverty

Even most of those whose wealth was not inherited or won often lose sleep over losing their wealth.

In one of the wealthiest countries in the world, privation should not come with the job description, and survival should not be an aspiration.

Poverty is at least a trillion times more likely than wealth to make one wonder what the purpose of life is.

Most poor people do not deserve to be rich.

You think what you see in poor countries is poverty? No. What you really see is very poor states of mind, poor values, poor awareness, poor compassion, poor empathy, poor moral and a poor ethic. Poverty, as in lack of money, is just a consequence of all those things.

... I began to experience the most powerful advantage of money: the ability to think of things besides money.

Many bad men are rich, many good men are poor; but we shall not exchange wealth for honour, for money flits from man to man but honour abides forever.

Inequality makes people feel poor and act poor, even when they're not.

Some people are way less tortured by poverty than some are tormented by wealth.