Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere

#UNsdg1: No Poverty #UNsdg17Champion  

Poverty is Never a Deliberate Choice! 

Have you ever heard of an award for the top most poor person in the world? I'm yet to meet someone who has chosen the path of poverty as a lifestyle. What I know poverty is a circumstance either we found ourselves based on many factors from inheritance, bad decisions, lack of focus, lack of initiative, lack of resources, lack of knowledge, bad peer influence, lack of support etc. In general poverty isn't deliberate and thus not permanent situation, you can turn the tables no matter how long it might take you. #NeverGiveUp One factor of poverty is limited resources. 

We can strive with whatever we have to see ourselves towards the lifestyle that we want and that can't be a life of poverty. Leadership & Poverty Any leader who perpetuate poverty either knowingly or unknowingly should be charged for degrading humanity. 

A leader should be seen to be on the forefront of creating a decent life for all rather than riding on the plight of the majority poor to create a few groups of rich people. 

Life Lessons:- Never judge anyone for you don't know what they are going through to make it happen and everyone as a unique story in regards to what they are doing to get out of the poverty situation. The best thing you can do is to empathize and offer whatever support to pivot them out of the situation. 

Top 10 Best Quotes On Poverty #MyDiary 

1.  "Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life.” — Nelson Mandela, Former President of South Africa .
2.  “Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of the mind is irreparable.” — Michel de Montaigne, French philosopher
3.  "Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.” — Aristotle, Greek philosopher 
4.  “Poverty is the worst form of violence.” — Mahatma Gandhi, Indian political and spiritual leader 
5.  “Poverty is like punishment for a crime you didn't commit.” — Eli Khamarov, writer 
6.  “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 
7.  "If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.” — John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States 
8.  "I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.” — Bill Gates, business magnate and philanthropist 
9.  "Extreme poverty anywhere is a threat to human security everywhere.” — Kofi Annan, Seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations 
10.  “Poverty is unnecessary.” -Muhammad Yunis, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient 

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