Occasionally, the fight against poverty can grow tedious. However, no fight was won easily and it is important to keep working. If the going gets tough, here are five remarkable quotes to inspire action on behalf of global poverty.

• “It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.” ― Leonardo da Vinci
• “Activism begins with you, Democracy begins with you, get out there, get active! Tag, you’re it!” ― Thom Hartmann
• “Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.” ― Ovid
• “Most good things have already been said far too many times and just need to be lived.” ― Shane Claiborne

And finally, from that beloved modern philosopher, Dr. Theodore Seuss Geisel:

• “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”

– Délice Williams

Sources: Global Issues, The Borgen Project, Goodreads