“Americans are blessed with great plenty; we are a generous people and we have a moral obligation to assist those who are suffering from poverty, disease, war and famine.”
Adam Schiff (an American politician serving as a U.S. Representative)
“An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.”
Plutarch (a Greek historian)
“Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth…these are one and the same fight.”
Ban Ki-moon (Eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations)
“Poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes depression. It meets a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts that is something on which to pride yourself but poverty itself is romanticized by fools.”
J. K. Rowling (a British author, film producer, television producer, screenwriter, and philanthropist)
Let's take care of the necessities first: give people jobs and find a way to get us out of poverty.
Eartha Kitt (an American singer, actress, dancer, comedian, activist, author, and songwriter)
“The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter - often an unconscious but still a faithful interpreter - in the eye.”
Charlotte Brontë (was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels became classics of English literature.
“If I can see pain in your eyes then share with me your tears. If I can see joy in your eyes then share with me your smile.”
Santosh Kalwar (is a Nepalese poet, writer and researcher)
“It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It's called living.”
Terry Pratchett (was an English author of fantasy novels, especially comical work)
“Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.”
Nikos Kazantzakis (was a Greek writer, widely considered a giant of modern Greek literature)
“The eyes are one of the most powerful tools a woman can have. With one look, she can relay the most intimate message. After the connection is made, words cease to exist.”
Jennifer Salaiz (an American author)