2,719 Quotes About Poverty

The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence.

This mournful truth is ev'rywhere confess'd,- Slow rises worth by poverty depress'd

It is but a short step from hunger to starvation, from disease to death.

I still can't go over a subway grating without looking down to see if there is some money there.

Poverty can teach lessons that privilege cannot.

There is no peace in poverty

Poverty should not be viewed by us as a humiliation and even less so as a position of honour or a fatality.

I would like to solemnly reaffirm, that poverty is not a fatality.

The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time.