“The opposite of poverty is not wealth. I don't believe that. I actually think, in too many places, the opposite of poverty is justice.” WealthJusticePovertyOpposites Author:Bryan Stevenson
“Shallow understanding accompanies poor compassion; great understanding goes with great compassion.” UnderstandingPoorCompassionPovertyShallowAccompany Author:Nhat Hanh
“Perhaps we're too embarrassed to change or too frightened of the consequences of showing that we actually care. But why not risk it anyway? Begin today. Carry out a random act of seemingly senseless kindness, with no expectation of reward or punishment, safe in the knowledge that one day, someone somewhere might do the same for you.” MightCareTodayChangeKnowledgeKindnessRiskOne DaySafeExpectationsConsequenceRewardsPunishmentWhy NotFrightenedEmbarrassedRisk ItInspirational Kindness Author:Princess Diana
“It is not genius, nor glory, nor love that reflects the greatness of the human soul; it is kindness.” HumansSoulKindnessGreatnessGeniusGloryTattooHuman Soul Author:Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire
“I wanted to win to feed the hungry people of my community. I didn't want to win to buy a diamond.. I didn't have no diamonds then. I didn't want to win to buy a car, I didn't want to win to bring a couple of chicks downtown to a hotel. I wanted to win to feed the poor people of the community.” PeopleWantWantedValuesWinningCommunityPoorPovertyCarCoupleHungryHotelDiamondPhilanthropyPoor PeopleChicksDowntown Author:Mr. T
“Society can transport money from rich to poor only in a leaky bucket” PoorPovertyRichTransportBuckets Author:Arthur Melvin Okun
“Thank God for poverty That makes and keeps us free And lets us go our unobtrusive way, Glad of the sun and rain, Upright, serene, humane, Contented with the fortune of a day.” WayPovertySunRainFortuneGladThank GodHumaneSereneSun And Rain Book:Pipes of Pan: Containing Source: Pipes of Pan: Containing
“If we continue on the trend we’re on, we can reduce extreme poverty by more than 60 percent-lifting more than 700 million people out of dollar-and-a-quarter a day poverty and back from the brink of hunger and malnutrition. But if we accelerate our progress from 3 percent annual reduction to over 6 percent and focus on key turnarounds in some difficult countries, we could get a 90 percent reduction. We could essentially eliminate dollar-and-a-quarter head count poverty.” PeopleIfsCountryDifficultPovertyMillionsFocusProgressKeysPercentDollarsHungerExtremesTrendsQuartersLiftingReductionAnnualsAccelerateMalnutritionExtreme PovertyTurnaround Author:Rajiv Shah
“The times talk to us of so much poverty in the world and this is a scandal. Poverty in the world is a scandal. In a world where there is so much wealth, so many resources to feed everyone, it is unfathomable that there are so many hungry children, that there are so many children without an education, so many poor persons. Poverty today is a cry.” WorldChildrenPersonsTodayWealthPoorPovertyCryResourcesHungryScandalUnfathomablePoverty Today Author:Pope Francis
“Development is among the most important long-term multilateral agendas existing today. As we all know, lasting peace cannot be achieved unless large population groups find ways in which to break out of poverty.” KnowsWayLongImportantTodayTermPovertyBreakGroupsDevelopmentPopulationLong TermAgendasLastingBreak Out Author:Pal Schmitt