“What you do [to provide better aid is] you shut up. You never arrive in a community with any ideas.” IdeasInspirationMotivationCommunityPovertyAidsShut Up Author:Ernesto Sirolli
“Talent isn't enough. You need motivation-and persistence, too: what Steinbeck called a blend of faith and arrogance. When you're young, plain old poverty can be enough, along with an insatiable hunger for recognition. You have to have that feeling of "I'll show them." If you don't have it, don't become a writer.” IfsNeedsEnoughShowsFeelingsYoungMotivationPovertyTalentHungerRecognitionPersistenceArroganceInsatiableInsatiable Hunger Author:Leon Uris
“We will form an army of poor, where every poor will be a soldier and we will win the war against poverty on behalf of their strength.” WarFormMotivationWinningPoorPovertyIndiaArmySoldierBehalfWe Will Win Author:Narendra Modi
“Child mortality since 2000 is down by 2.65 million a year. That's a rate of 7,256 children's lives saved each day. ... It drives me nuts that most people don't seem to know this news.” PeopleKnowsYearsChildrenInspirationSeemsMotivationPovertyMillionsNewsRateSavedEach DayMortalityNuts Author:Edward de Bono
“I've been doing music for many years and after a point what is the motivation that drives you to compose and to do stuff? I did this song for the U.N., a fighting for poverty anthem. That's when I realized that I could do a foundation. And when I started the foundation, it was basically to fight poverty and to help - that kind of stuff.” YearsKindHelpingMotivationSongFightingStuffPovertyFoundationI RealizedAnthem Author:A. R. Rahman
“To say that any people are not fit for freedom, is to make poverty their choice, and to say they had rather be loaded with taxes than not.” PeopleMotivationChoicesPovertyFitTaxesPatrioticLoaded Book:Collected Writings Source: Collected Writings