“That first responsibility as a school board member - meals for latch-key children - was absolutely critical in my understanding of the extraordinary problems of poverty.” FirstsChildrenProblemSchoolUnderstandingResponsibilityPovertyKeysMembersExtraordinaryCriticalBoardsMealsLatchesSchool BoardBoard Members Author:Richard Lugar
“If, by chance, someone among those men of extraordinary talent is found who has firmness of soul and who refuses to yield to the genius of his age and to debase himself with childish works, woe unto him! He will die in poverty and oblivion.” IfsMenSoulAgeDiesFoundChancePovertyTalentGeniusExtraordinaryRefuseYieldWoeOblivionFirmnessWoe Unto Author:Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“Pride measures prosperity not by her own advantages but by the disadvantages of others. She would not even wish to be a goddess unless there were some wretches left whom she could order about and lord it over, whose misery would make her happiness seem all the more extraordinary, whose poverty can be tormented and exacerbated by a display of her wealth. This infernal serpent, pervading the human heart, keeps men from reforming their lives, holding them back like a suckfish.” MenHumansHeartSeemsOrderLeftWishWealthLordPovertyPrideAdvantageMiseryExtraordinaryProsperityDisplayGoddessHuman HeartDisadvantagesSerpent Author:Thomas More
“At Halicarnassus, the house of that most potent king Mausolus, though decorated throughout with Proconnesian marble, has walls built of brick which are to this day of extraordinary strength, and are covered with stucco so highly polished that they seem to be as glistening as glass. That king did not use brick from poverty; for he was choke-full of revenues, being ruler of all Caria.” UseSeemsHousePovertyWallKingsBuiltExtraordinaryGlassesThis DayCoveredRulersBricksRevenueChokeMarblePolished Author:Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
“The human spirit is extraordinary. If we give the 3 billion people who live in poverty the opportunity to change their lives, they will. For too long, we've looked at needing to "save" these people - with an emphasis on "these people" - rather than removing the constraints keeping them from solving their own problems.” PeopleIfsGivingHumansLongProblemSpiritOpportunityPovertyExtraordinaryBillionsEmphasisHuman SpiritConstraintsOpportunity To Change Author:Jacqueline Novogratz
“I had an extraordinary belief in myself. For years people told me to give it up and even though I was poverty- stricken, I never thought I should give it up.” PeopleGivingShouldYearsBeliefPovertyExtraordinary Author:Michael Caine
“Imagine living in abject poverty and not knowing anything other than that for generations. Or alternatively, imagine being born into a really wealthy family, but there was no real love. Everyone's living these extraordinary, interesting lives whether they know it or not.” KnowsRealBornInterestingPovertyKnowingImagineGenerationsExtraordinaryWealthyReal LoveNot KnowingLove EveryoneInteresting Life Author:Annie Lennox
“There are things to be afraid of - like extraordinary poverty and suffering beyond anything I've experienced, and climate change, despots - but there's really nothing to be afraid of when your job is an actor and you're at work, if you're in a place that is safe and full of respect and love, which we are.” IfsJobsSufferingActorsPovertySafeAnd LoveClimateExtraordinaryClimate ChangeLove And RespectDespots Author:Gaby Hoffmann
“I visited the Ethiopian National Project which was created by the government to fully integrate Ethiopian Jews into Israel's society. They're still facing a lot of challenges with poverty, unemployment but the Ethiopian National Project is really doing an extraordinary job in empowering the Ethiopian community to be successful.” StillsGovernmentJobsCommunityChallengesPovertySuccessfulProjectsExtraordinaryJewIsraelEmpoweringBeing SuccessfulUnemploymentIntegrating Author:Cory Booker
“When schools truly become centers of the community, where you have extraordinary teachers, the best teachers, the best principals, great nonprofit partners coming in during the non-school hours to support and do enrichment activities, social services, then those students will beat the odds, will beat poverty, will beat violence in the community, will beat sometimes dysfunctional families, and be productive citizens long term. They will go to college.” LongSometimesSchoolTermCommunityHoursPovertySupportTeacherViolenceStudentsCollegeExtraordinaryLong TermProductiveBest TeacherDysfunctional FamilySocial ServiceEnrichment Author:Arne Duncan
“Unprecedented technological capabilities combined with unlimited human creativity have given us tremendous power to take on intractable problems like poverty, unemployment, disease, and environmental degradation. Our challenge is to translate this extraordinary potential into meaningful change.” HumansProblemGivenChallengesPovertyCreativityDiseaseEnvironmentalExtraordinaryMeaningfulCapabilityTranslateTechnologicalUnemploymentUnlimitedDegradationUnprecedentedEnvironmental Degradation Author:Muhammad Yunus