“We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.” ‐ Mother Teresa We, who have so much, must do more to help those in need. And most of all, we must live simply, so that others may simply live. ‐ Ed Begley, Jr. “Do we have the will to make poverty history?” ‐ Bono "Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free." ‐‐ 14th Dalai Lama “There's enough on this planet for everyone's needs but not for everyone's greed.” ‐ Mohandas Gandhi “It is a tragic mix‐up when the United States spends 500,000 for every enemy soldier killed, and only 53 annually on the victims of poverty.” ‐ Martin Luther King, Jr. "Such is the scale and depth of poverty in many parts of the world that it won't be ended overnight. That is why if, like me, you want to see an end to poverty, you need to be in it for the long haul." ‐ Annie Lennox “Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life . . .” ‐ Nelson Mandela “The greatest step forward in
human evolution was made
when society began to help the
weak and the poor, instead of
oppressing and despising them.”
– Maria Montessori
“The test of our progress is not
whether we add more to the
abundance of those who have
enough; it is whether we provide
enough for those
who have too little.”
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt
"It's outrageous to line your
pockets off the misery of the poor;
It's outrageous, the crimes some
human beings must endure..."
- Paul Simon
“If you walk down the street and
see someone in a box, you have a
choice. That person is either the
other and you're fearful of them,
or that person is an
extension of your family.”
- Susan Sarandon
“What we would like to do is
change the world-make it a little
simpler for people to feed, clothe,
and shelter themselves as God
intended for them to do.”
- Dorothy Day
On the attitude of the public: “It’s OK to be homeless as long as we don’t see you.” “People who are homeless are not social inadequates. They are people without homes.” ‐ Sheila McKechnie “Never reach out your hand unless you're willing to extend an arm.” ‐ Pope Paul VI “If you want peace, work for justice.” ‐ Pope Paul VI “If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.” ‐ John F. Kennedy “I can live without money, but I cannot live without love.” ‐ Judy Garland “Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.” “Nothing liberates our greatness like the desire to help, the desire to serve.” ‐ Marianne Williamson “The Great and the Least, The Rich and the Poor, The Weak and the Strong, In Joy and Sorrow, In Tragedy and Triumph, You are ALL my children.” ‐ Agnes Nixon “There is a destiny that makes us brothers. None goes his way alone. All that we send into the lives of others comes back into our own.” ‐ Edwin Markham “Each one of them is Jesus in disguise.” ‐ Mother Teresa “If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.” ‐ Mother Teresa “If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.” ‐ Mother Teresa