“There was a nobility in poverty when I was growing up. My mom was poor but she was planting roses and she was cleaning the steps, you know what I mean. You didn't feel sorry for yourself.” KnowsFeelsMeanPoorStepsPovertyGrowing UpGrowingMomRoseSorryMy MomCleaningNobilityFeel Sorry For You Author:Ricky Gervais
“Taking responsible steps to reduce poverty is not merely a moral imperative but an economic one.” MoralStepsPovertyEconomicResponsibleImperatives Author:John Yarmuth
“But will this attention to poverty be sustained or transient? That depends on our leaders - whether we step up and sustain our moral commitment as the country's conscience would naturally want us to do.” WantCountryAttentionLeaderMoralStepsPovertyDependsConscienceCommitmentWant UStep UpTransient Author:John Edward
“Every time there has been an effort by the Haitian people to overcome the misery and poverty that comes from 200 years of bitter attacks, really bitter, the U.S. steps in and blocks it.” PeopleYearsHas BeensEffortStepsPovertyOvercomingMiseryBlockBitterHaitian Author:Noam Chomsky
“California, because of their Equity Funding Formula, moves a step in that direction by sending more resources to communities and students that face greater levels of poverty. But California is doing that from a greater position of real weakness, because they were already so far behind other states in funding per student. It’s a step, but many more steps need to be taken.” NeedsRealStatesFacesMovingCommunityLevelsBehindsStepsPovertyTakenGreaterPositionStudentsWeaknessResourcesCaliforniaFormulasEquityFunding Author:Pedro Noguera
“I came from a background where I was very poor growing up but I have never known poverty. My parents worked hard and they went to bed hungry, but they fed us. Then my father became an ambassador, so I ended up being driven by chauffeurs. And then we became refugees. After that, I looked at it through this "glass" of to have and have not, and at the end of the day, who actually helps, who actually steps up, who is there for you.” EndsHardHelpingFatherParentPoorKnownStepsPovertyGrowing UpGrowingBedGlassesDrivenHungryBackgroundsThe End Of The DayFedsRefugeeStep UpAmbassadorsAnd At The End Of The DayChauffeurs Author:Iman Abdulmajid
“Sufficiency isn't two steps up from poverty or one step short of abundance. It isn't a measure of barely enough or more than enough. Sufficiency isn't an amount at all. It is an experience, a context we generate, a declaration, a knowing that there is enough, and that we are enough.” TwoEnoughStepsPovertyKnowingAmountAbundanceDeclarationStep UpSufficiency Author:Brené Brown
“We kill at every step, not only in wars, riots and executions. We kill when we close our eyes to poverty, suffering and shame.In the same way all disrespect for life, all hard-heartedness,all indifference, all contempt is nothing else than killing.” WayWarHardEyeSufferingStepsPovertyShameKillingIndifferenceContemptExecutionRiotDisrespectEvery Step Author:Hermann Hesse