David Lammy Quotes

It's very, very hard to be generous and compassionate if you haven't got a dollar in you back pocket to pay for it, to actually pay for those services that people need.

My mother, we were a very poor family. When I was a kid, we would be in our little room, and there would be a knock on the door almost every night with a hobo begging for food. Even though we didn't even have enough to eat, my mother always found something to give them.

I've experienced poverty and plenty, and there's a lesson to be learned when you're brought up in poverty.

A good thing to remember is somebody's got it a lot worse than we do.

When I have kids, when I have a family and nieces and nephews, I'm gonna teach them to love more and be kinder and to not judge someone by the colour of their skin or any other thing.

I come from a really poor family, and when I started doing campaigns, it changed everything for my family. I am not complaining; I had a beautiful childhood - we didn't have a lot of money, but there was always food on the table, and my parents saved money so that in the holidays we would all get in the car and drive to the mountains.

Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes.

You know, every family and every business in California knows what it means to go through tough times.

The countries with the greatest problems have the kindest people.

Once you become poor, tired and time-constrained, you become a much better human being.

My parents raised me and my six siblings with little money... but lots of love.

I wish my deadly foe no worse Than want of friends, and empty purse.

No one wanted to be my friend because of my lunchbox - because I never shared my lunchbox. One day the principal walked in and said, 'No one is friends with Karan Johar; who will be his friend?' My CEO today put his hand up there and said, he will.

I didn't have any extra money. But I can't say that I had a hard early career.

I think I grew up with a profound sense of watching people who were good people, who were smart people, who were hardworking people - God, nobody on this Earth worked harder than my mom and dad - and they had very little.

Christmas is, for those who wish to follow the way of Jesus, an invitation to accept into our comfortable and safe lives those who come to us from far away, who seem ragged, marginal, in transition.

Nineteen centuries would have been worth very little if we had not made some advance in welcoming the stranger, in feeding the hungry, in clothing the naked, and in caring for the prisoner.

We must teach compassion and tolerance and encourage kindness, selflessness, and loving acceptance of all who are created in the image of God.

It's when we care for each other - choosing inclusion and love over division and hatred - that this great country is at its greatest.

I've always felt very blessed and lucky in the world, and I have great compassion for people who struggle to get through the day.

Caring is tough.

As citizens of this great nation, it is kindness, love, and compassion for each other that will bring us together - and keep us together. These are the values Donald and I will bring to the White House.

I think everyone should - can share whatever they wish when their heart is touched and they want to spread more positivity rather than segregation and separation in this world.

We came from a humble background but with a lot of love, so we were able to overcome that.

I want to be a part of bringing people together and sharing that love.