#poverty

It is a sinful abomination for one part of the world's Christians to grow richer year by year while our brothers and sisters ache and suffer for lack of minimal health care, minimal education, and even—in some cases—enough food to escape starvation. ↗

— Ronald J. Sider

#accumulating-wealth #brotherhood #christian #education #food

There are a lot of stats and a strong correlation between dropout rates and crime as well as poverty. ↗

— Cedric Richmond

#correlation #crime #lot #poverty #rates

The deeper we grow in the Spirit of Jesus Christ, the poorer we become - the more we realize that everything in life is a gift. The tenor of our lives becomes one of humble and joyful thanksgiving. Awareness of our poverty and ineptitude causes us to rejoice in the gift of being called out of darkness into wondrous light and translated into the kingdom of God's beloved Son. ↗

— Brennan Manning

#jesus #spiritual-poverty #life

If they are unsuccessful in married life, who suffers more the bitter consequences of poverty than the wife? But if successful, she has not a dollar to call her own. ↗

— Ernestine Rose

#call #consequences #dollar #her #life

I grew up in a very modest house. We were poor-we lived on the poverty level. We all got jobs as young kids. ↗

— Chely Wright

#grew #house #i #jobs #kids

The only reason any person does not have enough money is because they are blocking money from coming to them with their thoughts. ↗

— Rhonda Byrne

#money #new-age #new-thought #poverty #age

We started the AIDS virus. We are only able to maintain our level of living by making sure that Third World people live in grinding poverty. ↗

— Jeremiah Wright

#aids #grinding #level #live #living

Am I ever angry or frustrated? I only feel angry sometimes when I see waste, when things that we waste are what people need, things that would save them from dying. Frustrated? No, never. ↗

— Mother Teresa

#angry #compassion #dying #frustrated #frustration

Alone, human beings can feel hunger. Alone, we can feel cold. Alone, we can feel pain. To feel poor, however, is something we do only in comparison to others. ↗

— Eric Greitens

#education

But the economic meltdown should have undone, once and for all, the idea of poverty as a personal shortcoming or dysfunctional state of mind. The lines at unemployment offices and churches offering free food includes strivers as well as slackers, habitual optimists as well as the chronically depressed. When and if the economy recovers we can never allow ourselves to forget how widespread our vulnerability is, how easy it is to spiral down toward destitution. ↗

— Barbara Ehrenreich

#poverty #food