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“From my own experience as a child fearing poverty, struggling to find my passion at school, and losing my job during the COVID-19 pandemic, to finding my place and calling in the world, I know that all children can thrive when they are given a chance and opportunity.”
Khaby Lame (born 2000) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And if you are white in a white supremacist society, you are racist. If you are male in a patriarchy, you are sexist. If you are able-bodied, you are ableist. If you are anything above poverty in a capitalist society, you are classist. You can sometimes be all of these things at once.”
Ijeoma Oluo (born 1980) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Our dioceses share in the universal mission of the Church starting from our littleness and poverty, collaborating with other Sister Churches not only because today the world has become a global village, but because our life is by nature missionary and we must realise as Christians that many men and women do not live the joy of the resurrection.”
Rafael Leónidas Felipe y Núñez (1938–2025) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The American Mission Congress Cam 2 is a Call to Our Diocesan Churches, to Our Young Clergy in Particular, to Realise That Missionary Work is a Task for All Not Only for Religious” Says Bishop of Barahora (27 November 2…
“Everything gets omitted… And I’m not against it because music changed my life in terms of poverty. I didn’t even release music on streaming platforms until I moved to New York. Someone had to tell me to monetize.”
Babyxsosa (born 2000) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Babyxsosa: Everything Is In Real Time;By PHILLIP PYLE on February 27, 2024
“In a historical perspective, there is a lot of positive things to say about this world in terms of reduction of poverty and democratizing of access to mobility and communication, for example, yet it has become clear that this world is not sustainable anymore in the long run, it is in need of a transition, or series of transitions or transformations.”
Johan Schot (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Many Bongo celebrities live in poverty to the point where you find photos of them looking completely emaciated because of cocaine, weed, and alcohol.”
Gigy Money (born 1998) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Poverty is the worst kind of violence.”
Mahatma Gandhi (disputed) first seen 1988 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted without reference to earlier source, time or location in A Just Peace through Transformation: Cultural, Economic, and Political Foundations for Change (1988) by the International Peace Association
“Brought into right relationship with the wilderness … he would see that his appropriation of earth's resources beyond his personal needs would only bring imbalance and beget ultimate loss and poverty for all.”
John Muir (misattributed) first seen 1945 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: This statement is not by Muir, but by his biographer Linnie Marsh Wolfe, in Son of the Wilderness: The Life of John Muir (1945) page 188.
“Real sorrow is almost as difficult to discover as real poverty. An instinctive delicacy hides the rays of the one and the wounds of the other.”
Sophie Swetchine (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.”
Doris Day (misattributed) first seen 1996 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Though she is quoted as saying this in a 1996 interview, she is also quoted as saying it is a maxim which she follows as a Christian Scientist; it comes from the Christian Science Hymnal, Hymn 249, "O, when we see God's…
“Education is not a way to escape poverty, it is a way of fighting it.”
Julius Nyerere (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Genius may be almost defined as the faculty of acquiring poverty.”
Edwin Percy Whipple (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“it is only through proper commitment, strategies and planning that South Africa can find solutions to its citizens’ day-to-day challenges such as unemployment, poverty, and crime”
Chana Pilane-Majake (born 1957) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Bono: "Madonna should be applauded for helping to take a child out of the worst poverty imaginable and giving him a better chance in life. Baby David is lucky to have been adopted by someone who can give him a chance of survival in this world and I don't think it's fair that people are criticizing her.”
Madonna (entertainer) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Mr. Carter always subscribed to what my friend Michael Scroccaro calls 'Underdogma,' a knew-jerk reaction to champion the cause of the underdog however immoral the party. Poverty dictates virtue and weakness dictates righteousness.”
Jimmy Carter (1924–2024) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Shmuley Boteach, in "The Moral Disintegration of Jimmy Carter" in Observer (August 11, 2014)
“Avril Lavigne: "MIA sticking her middle finger out at Super Bowl is obscene? How about almost 50 million Americans living in poverty. That's obscene.”
“The things which philosophy attempts to teach by reasoning, poverty forces us to practice.”
Stobaeus (430–470) said by 470 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Steep'd me in poverty to the very lips.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“In ev'ry sorrowing soul I pour'd delight, And poverty stood smiling in my sight.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“This mournful truth is ev'rywhere confess'd,-- Slow rises worth by poverty depress'd.”
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) said by 1784 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Philips, whose touch harmonious could remove The pangs of guilty power and hapless love! Rest here, distressed by poverty no more; Here find that calm thou gav'st so oft before; Sleep undisturb'd within this peaceful shrine, Till angels wake thee with a note like thine!”
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) said by 1784 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.”
The Bible (active around 812) bartlett, Public domain source
“Give me neither poverty nor riches.”
The Bible (active around 812) bartlett, Public domain source
“As an activist for universal education and a 17-year-old in high school, I believe in the capacity that education has to transcend the chains of poverty and inequality – especially girl's education.”
Munira Khalif wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Wealth cannot make a life, but love.”
Robert Herrick (poet) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Let wealth come in by comely thrift And not by any sordid shift; 'Tis haste Makes waste: Extremes have still their fault: The softest fire makes the sweetest malt: Who grips too hard the dry and slippery sand Holds none at all, or little in his hand.”
Robert Herrick (poet) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Without liberty there is no wealth.”
Giannina Braschi (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The reason I am a communist is because I believe in a total revolution which is going to overthrow the capitalist control of the economy, which will seize the wealth from all of the giant corporations that exploit and control the lives of all working people.”
Angela Davis (born 1944) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The prison has become a black hole inti which the detritus of contemporary capitalism is deposited. Mass imprisonment generates profits as it devours social wealth, and thus it tends to reproduce the very conditions that lead people to prison”
Angela Davis (born 1944) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Though I never get possession, ’Tis a pleasure to adore; Hope, the wretch’s only blessing, May, in time, procure me more.Constant courtship may obtain her, Where both wealth and merit fail; And the lucky minute gain her— Fate and fancy must prevail.At Diana’s shrine, aloud, By the bow and by the quiver, Thrice she bowed, and thrice she vowed, Once to love—and that forever.”
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762) said by 1762 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Some books are drenchèd sands On which a great soul’s wealth lies all in heaps, Like a wrecked argosy.”
Alexander Smith (1829–1867) said by 1867 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But wealth is a great means of refinement; and it is a security for gentleness, since it removes disturbing anxieties; and it is a pretty promoter of intelligence, since it multiplies the avenues for its reception; and it is a good basis for a generous habit of life; it even equips beauty, neither hardening its hand with toil, nor tempting the wrinkles to come early.”
Ik Marvel (1822–1908) said by 1908 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The people think of wealth and power as the greatest fate, But in this world, a spell of health is the best state. What men call sovereignty is worldly strife and constant war; Worship of God is the highest throne, the happiest of all estates.”
Suleiman the Magnificent (1494–1566) first seen 1453 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted by Mansel, Philip, Constantinople: city of the world's desire 1453-1924 (1995), p. 84
“These decrees of yours are no different from spiders' webs. They'll restrain anyone weak and insignificant who gets caught in them, but they'll be torn to shreds by people with power and wealth.”
Anacharsis (701–601 BC) said by 601 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Discussing Solon's laws with him, as quoted by Plutarch, in Solon ch. 5; translation by Robin Waterfield from Plutarch Greek Lives (1998) p. 50.
“Crops failed; wealth took a flight; house, treasure, land, Slipped from my hold—thus plenty comes and goes. One friend I had, but he too loosed his hand (Or was it I?) the year I met with Rose.”
Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833–1908) said by 1908 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ah woe is me, through all my days Wisdom and wealth I both have got, And fame and name and great men’s praise; But Love, ah! Love I have it not.”
Henry Cuyler Bunner (1855–1896) said by 1896 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What do you think God gave you more wealth than is requisite to satisfy your rational wants for, when you look around and see how many are in absolute need of that which you do not need? Can you not take the hint?”
Josiah Gilbert Holland (1819–1881) said by 1881 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nothing of that which was gained by fraud can go to the liberation of his soul. Let his wealth be divided among the workmen of this our building, and the poorer servants of our palace.”
Charlemagne (742–814) said by 814 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Notker's The Deeds of Charlemagne (translated 2008 by David Ganz)
“They may signify wealth, but they can actually mean so much more-like committment, family, and love. And there's nothing like a perfect diamond to remind you that you'll never be perfect - the truth is, all you can do is try.”
Nicole Richie (born 1981) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Thou shouldst not become presumptuous through much treasure and wealth; for in the end it is necessary for thee to leave all.”
“It is as to whether its services or uses are to be exchanged or not which makes a tool an article of capital or merely an article of wealth. Thus, the lathe of a manufacturer used in making things which are to be exchanged is capital, while the lathe kept by a gentleman for his own amusement is not.”
Henry George (1839–1897) said by 1897 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Those who did not fight for a place in the sun for White children will not live in that place after Ragnarok. To allow them to live among us would be a disgrace to the memory of Robert Mathews and to all who have sacrificed their lives, their freedom, their time or their wealth for the Fourteen Words.”
David Lane (white nationalist) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: David Eden Lane
“Language forms a kind of wealth, which all can make use of at once without causing any diminution of the store, and which thus admits a complete community of enjoyment; for all, freely participating in the general treasure, unconsciously aid in its preservation.”
Auguste Comte (1798–1857) said by 1857 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don’t need to be a radical to think that who a dragon is counts more than birth or wealth,” Selendra said, with what dignity she could. “Why, that’s the very definition of a radical,” he retorted.”
“Manufacturing creates wealth, services distribute it.”
Gregory Benford (born 1941) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No envy is more mean than that of small-minded beings when they see a neighbor lifted, as though borne aloft by angels, out of the dull drudgery of their common existence; petty spirits are more ready to forgive a prince the most fabulous wealth than a fellow-sufferer beneath the same yoke the smallest degree of freedom.”
Stefan Zweig (1881–1942) said by 1942 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The distribution of this great wealth-the way in which it is apportioned to profits, wages, and professional salaries, education, health, continuing economic development, social security, recreation, housing, communications is extremely important...I propose that economic justice be maintained or improved as part of the agenda of the future.”
Luis Muñoz Marín (1898–1980) said by 1980 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Venetian Bridge and the fine cliff walks are a handsome background for a wealth of entertainment which most visitors find irresistible.”
Arthur Mee (1875–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The blood, sweat, tears, and suffering of Black people are the foundations of the wealth and power of the United States of America. We were forced to build America, and if forced to, we will tear it down. The immediate result of this destruction will be suffering and bloodshed. But the end result will be the perpetual peace for all mankind.”
Huey P. Newton (1942–1989) first seen 1967 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In Defense of Self-defense" I (June 20, 1967)
“What is wealth?" the king would say, "Even this shall pass away".”
Theodore Tilton (1835–1907) said by 1907 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: All Things shall pass away, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).