Poverty, when it is voluntary, is never despicable, but takes an heroical aspect. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
It is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering. — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
When you get a mobile phone it is almost like having a card to get you out of poverty in a couple… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
We must powder our wigs; that is why so many poor people have no bread. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
It is only poverty that makes celibacy contemptible. A single woman of good fortune is always respectable. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“If you must be great, you must learn to check and compel yourself to invest time.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
The hopes of the Republic cannot forever tolerate either undeserved poverty or self-serving wealth. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Desires to which we cling closely can easily prevent us from being what we ought to be and can be; and on… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Wealth brings with it refinement, the spirit of conservation, while poverty inspires adventurous ideas, the desire to change things, and has little… — Jose Rizal Copy Share Image
“His strength for your weakness! His wisdom for your folly! His drive for your drift! His grace for your greed! His love… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Remember, no more effort is required to aim high in life, to demand abundance and prosperity, than is required to accept misery… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
My dad's main client was the World Bank, and he spent most of his time traveling to Third World countries. His particular… — Hugh Jackman Copy Share Image
An alcoholic father, poverty, my own juvenile diabetes, the limited English my parents spoke - although my mother has become completely bilingual… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
“Words, displaced and mutilated words, words of others, were the poor pittance left him by the hours and the centuries.” — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
“If I had a single wish, I would wish sixty seconds of total depravity upon myself. For one of the greatest gifts… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“It’s the Poverty. I lack imagination you say No. I lack language. The language to clarify my resistance to the literate. Words… — Cherríe L. Moraga Copy Share Image
It has been hard to muster the resources to support fledgling democracies- or to help the world's most desperate - the AIDS… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
Moms that get evicted are depressed and have higher rates of depressive symptoms two years later. That has to affect their interactions… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
A way has to be found to enable everyone to benefit from the fruits of the earth, and not simply to close… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Convinced that character is all and circumstances nothing, [the Puritan] sees in the poverty of those who fall by the way, not… — R. H. Tawney Copy Share Image
“This book was written so that we may take heed and remold our story. I am certain that when enough of us… — John Perkins Copy Share Image
The economic benefits of investing in children have been extensively documented. Investing fully in children today will ensure the well-being and productivity… — Carol Bellamy Copy Share Image
First, I was so dazzled and besotted by India. People said the poverty was biblical, and I'm afraid that was my attitude,… — Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Copy Share Image