#homeless

I was homeless for about 8 months, I refused to live with my dad or anyone for that matter. So I stayed somewhere that had no hot water, ever, no heat, I told myself I have to be strong and get through it on my own. ↗

— Eric West

#anyone #be strong #dad #ever #get

Understand who you are, so that you can be the same, whether you're talking to a homeless person or the president of the United States. You're the same person. ↗

— Stedman Graham

#person #president #same #states #talking

After-school tutoring programs, care for the elderly, shelters for the homeless, disaster relief work, and a variety of other services would all benefit from government funding. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#benefit #care #disaster #elderly #funding

Was I always going to be here? No I was not. I was going to be homeless at one time, a taxi driver, truck driver, or any kind of job that would get me a crust of bread. You never know what's going to happen. ↗

— Morgan Freeman

#any #bread #crust #driver #get

We have come dangerously close to accepting the homeless situation as a problem that we just can't solve. ↗

— Linda Lingle

#close #come #dangerously #homeless #just

I've been homeless. I've worked at 7-Eleven. ↗

— Dennis Rodman

#been #homeless #i #worked

We have weapons of mass destruction we have to address here at home. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Homelessness is a weapon of mass destruction. Unemployment is a weapon of mass destruction. ↗

— Dennis Kucinich

#destruction #here #home #homelessness #mass

There is a lot that happens around the world we cannot control. We cannot stop earthquakes, we cannot prevent droughts, and we cannot prevent all conflict, but when we know where the hungry, the homeless and the sick exist, then we can help. ↗

— Jan Schakowsky

#cannot #conflict #control #droughts #earthquakes

I met this homeless man who had never owned a shirt in his life. He had taken his pants and worn them as a shirt and I thought it was so creative. He was liberated from the conventions of fashion. ↗

— Julia Stiles

#creative #fashion #had #his #homeless

Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger. ↗

— Philip Emeagwali

#being #going #homeless #made #many