Homeless Quotes

“Let my silence grow with noise
as pregnant mothers grow with life.
Let my silence permeate these walls
as sunlight permeates a home.

Let the silence rise from unwatered graves
and craters left by bombs.
Let the silence rise from empty bellies
and surge from broken hearts.

The silence of the hidden and forgotten.
The silence of the abused and tortured.
The silence of the persecuted and imprisoned.
The silence of the hanged and massacred.

Loud as all the sounds can be,
let my silence be loud
so the hungry may eat my words
and the poor may wear my words.

Loud as all the sounds can be,
let my silence be loud
so I may resurrect the dead
and give voice to the oppressed.

My silence speaks.”
― Kamand Kojouri

“A truly compassionate man gives a poor woman a portion of his meal before he eats, not after he has eaten.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“For all the alcoholics and addicts out there, you are loved, stopped being so stubborn and come in from the cold. Wherever you are, there is a brighter light in your sight. Move towards it every day, and keep moving towards it. Even the worst and strongest addiction is a choice—a choice not to fight, to give up, to indulge the impulse, or instead to accept the hands offered you to help, even from strangers, even from the state. Don’t hate those who gave up on you, it wasn’t their fault, you just wore them down. Show them they were wrong about you. Your troubles are meant to mold you into something better, not destroy you, so FIGHT! Another day comes for the better if you’re standing in the right spot for it to hit you. Find the right spot and stay there until it does.”
― Dave Pryor

“Most human beings strongly believe that money is way less important than the life of a human being, but in reality five hundred, fifty, or even five dollars are way more important to the lives of most human beings than the lives of most human beings.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“The worst poverty isn’t about not having enough money to survive. Poverty of love is the worst thing you can be deprived of.”
― Paige Dearth, Never Be Alone

“Homelessness is not a choice, but rather a journey that many find themselves in.”
― Asa Don Brown

“No one really belongs; at least not in this world. If there were a heaven, maybe there, but, even if there were, in it would be the souls who could bear witness to the undeniable cruelty of life, the poverty of the unwanted.”
― Kenneth Eade, Unwanted

“There are millions of homeless people in the world because humanity does not have a proper conscience!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“My life might be in the streets, but my heart is gold. And together, I'm a street of gold.”
― Anthony Liccione

“If you know of someone who is homeless; or by chance you are homeless yourself; you are not alone.”
― Asa Don Brown

“There should never be any blame or shame in being homeless.”
― Asa Don Brown

“Homelessness is stigmatized by society, the media, and the general public.”
― Asa Don Brown

“A homeless person should know that many souls feel utterly homeless in spite of living into the bodies of wealthy homeowners”
― Munia Khan

“Homelessness is frequently met with many mental health challenges.”
― Asa Don Brown

“Clinicians should be trained to identify any underlying conditions that may be associated with homelessness.”
― Asa Don Brown

“Jesus wept:
This Prophet, Priest, King
Has a: Holy, Priesthood, Chosen!
This Refugee, Homeless, Healer
Has a Celebrity, TV, Mega - church?
God business to show business.
Where did it go wrong?
Jesus weeps.”
― David Holdsworth

“If anyone was ever justified in being depressed, he decided, it was most of the people in the room.”
― Taylor Grant, A Whiter Shade of Christmas

“At six years old we didn't have any money;
there was my mother, my brother and I.
We had a deadbeat dad; left us before we were
two, but she took us at Christmas-time to
downtown Los Angeles.
We had little cars going around in circles,
it was pretty cool, and decorations in the
window.
She gave my brother and I a dime and told
us, "Boys whole half of it each, give it to
the man ringing the bell in the bucket."
We put it in this bucket, we said, "Mom, why
did we give that man a dime?
That's like two soda pops."
This is 1951, two soda pops, three candy bars.
And mom said, "Boys, that's the Salvation
Army.
They take care of people that have no place
to live and no food.
And we don't have a lot of money, but we can
afford a dime this year.
Boys, always remember in life: give a little
something to those in need, they'll always
be somebody that's not as well-off as you
are.

No matter where you are or how far down you
are, try and help someone along the way."
It stuck with me.”
― John Paul DeJoria, Leading With Integrity: Build Your Capacity for Success and Happiness

“Charity begins on the street when you are homeless.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Every tongue has low standards during starvation.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Be prepared to be homeless if you're into making people your home.”
― Nitya Prakash

“The homes
I've built
in people
are falling
apart
and I'm
afraid
of being
homeless.”
― Ameena Karaja, Light•er

“I found myself thinking about Jacqueline, my second or third wife.”
― Donald O'Donovan, Night Train

“I left my village to make my home to a better place. I wandered from towns to cities and from cities to countries. The more I walked in search of home the more homeless I felt. It was only when I fell from skies, in wounds that I realized home was where I left.”
― Aquib Ali, Intrinsic Battles

“My life is not glamorous. I have no intention for it to be. I've seen enough real life TV series about the emotional price of "high end" shoes, the carving disappointment of documenting every cash withdrawal on lunch, dinner and beautified / colorized apparel, about the political correctness underwired in social media protesting instead of voting. Something about me feels more sympathy towards the guy who went for canned beer and cigarettes in the backyard at 2 pm rather than your 5 cents.”
― Ioana Cristina Casapu

“My home is gone and my job is gone. I have nowhere left to turn, so I’m in this for the long haul.”
― Jason Medina, The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

“Nutrition is an important part of our overall health, of course, but also for our mental health. Homeless people are among the largest groups known to have high concentrations of mentally ill individuals. See the connection?”
-Shenita Etwaroo”
― Shenita Etwaroo

“His lone breaths- everywhere to be with him
Hope survives one more day, losing all fear
With the cold night's touch through shivered scheme,
His new day reminds of another year

From the poem Sonnet For A Man (Part II)”
― Munia Khan, To Evince the Blue

“You drive in a Maybach past a homeless person and you ask, 'Who's more free?' You could be trapped to your possessions.”
― Kanye West

“It’s called Sisyphus. No. Sisyphus. Yes. Apparently
some Greek myth. This guy is punished for—punished—yes—
for something, and has to roll a rock up a hill every day

and every day it rolls—a rock, yes—
and every day it rolls back down.
Something about the absurdity of life.

Camus says—Camooo—says it’s
about the condition of man and that
it’s meaningless and we have to just keep

doing it and—the rock, yes, rolling the rock—and that
gives our life meaning. Yeah. Well
if that don’t drive you to God—”
― Donna Masini, 4:30 Movie: Poems