We are forever looking outside ourselves, seeking approval and striving to impress others. But living to please others is a poor substitute… — Susan L. Taylor Copy Share Image
I was a bit of a delinquent growing up, a very poor student - I nearly failed several grades before dropping out… — Philipp Meyer Copy Share Image
There is no intrinsic worth in money but what is alterable with the times, and whether a guinea goes for twenty pounds… — Bernard de Mandeville Copy Share Image
Don't order any black things. Rejoice in his memory; and be radiant: leave grief to the children. Wear violet and purple. Be… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Is man no more than this? Consider him well. Thou ow'st the worm no silk, the beast no hide, the sheep no… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I will be satisfied if my epitaph shall be written thus: 'Here lies one who never rose to any eminence, who only… — Thaddeus Stevens Copy Share Image
I was brought up by a single mom in a poor town in Arkansas and while some aspects of small-town life were… — Beth Ditto Copy Share Image
The world would be better off if people tried to become better. And people would become better if they stopped trying to… — Peter Maurin Copy Share Image
Never bring a lot of money to where a poor man lives. He can only lose what little he has. On the… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
I wanted to catch the problem of consumption, waste, poor people eating what we throw away, which is a big subject. But… — Agnes Varda Copy Share Image
I am but a poor struggling soul yearning to be wholly good, wholly truthful and wholly non-violent in thought, word and deed,… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
We want to lead a country where people will be less greedy. Where people will know that the commonwealth of Nigeria belongs… — Goodluck Jonathan Copy Share Image
Read whatever chapter of scripture you will, and be ever so delighted with it - yet it will leave you as poor,… — William Law Copy Share Image
And it's absolutely true that male sexual behaviour and female responses to male demands change a lot when they start communicating -… — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
I represent poor people, I represent working people. I represent senior citizens. I represent family businesses. I represent people who don't have… — Paul Broun Copy Share Image
If he needs a million acres to make him feel rich, seems to me he needs it 'cause he feels awful poor… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
True praying has the largest results for good; and poor praying, the least. We cannot do too much of real praying; we… — Edward McKendree Bounds Copy Share Image
What I've found is that country doesn't refer to where you grew up as much as where your heart grows down, where… — Clay Walker Copy Share Image
[Conservatives] go to church, they do lots of things for free for each other. They hold potluck dinners. ... They serve food… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
The world's urban poor and the illiterate are going to be increasingly disadvantaged and are in danger of being left behind. The… — Tim Berners-Lee Copy Share Image
The trees are Indian Princes, But soon they'll turn to Ghosts; The scanty pears and apples Hang russet on the bough; Its… — William Allingham Copy Share Image
But when others suggested that the poor should not simply be the objects of these programs but also the subjects - that… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
Effective teamwork will not take the place of knowing how to do the job or how to manage the work. Poor teamwork,… — Robert Bales Copy Share Image
Money is not going to organize the disadvantaged, the powerless, or the poor. We need other weapons. That's why the War on… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
If we want to help poor people out, one way to do that is to help them explore and use their own… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
The superior man does what is proper to the station in which he is; he does not desire to go beyond this.… — Confucius Copy Share Image
The greatest percentage of poverty is found in female-headed households. Over 70 percent of female-headed households are poor. A large percentage of… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Mary, my dearest Mother, give me your heart so beautiful, so pure, so immaculate, your heart so full of love and humility,… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
It doth make a man better,' quoth Robin Hood, 'to bear of those noble men so long ago. When one doth list… — Howard Pyle Copy Share Image
Our history shows that the death penalty has been unjustly imposed, innocents have been killed by the state, effective rehabilitation has been… — Ramsey Clark Copy Share Image
Nightclubs are the equivalent of a Catholic Church in a poor country. You hear a lot of stuff about churches filled with… — Oscar Hijuelos Copy Share Image
I had loved magic tricks from the time I was six or seven. I bought books on magic. I did magic acts… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
A good man will extend his munificence to the industrious poor of all persuasions reduced by age, infirmity, or accident; to thosewho… — Samuel Richardson Copy Share Image
As long as the problems of the poor are not radically resolved by rejecting the absolute autonomy of markets and financial speculation… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
There, poor sinner, take my garment, and put it on; you shall stand before God as if you were Christ, and I… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
I used to believe, like many people who come from poor backgrounds, that it gave me an edge, but I think that's… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
I repeat that the poor, the sufferers from leprosy, the rejected, the alcoholics, whom we serve, are beautiful people. Many of them… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
No doubt, the poetry, overjoyed by swallowing the beverage of passionate thoughts, delights the mind. But she does not realize the sorrows… — Manmohan Acharya Copy Share Image
The birds of the air die to sustain thee; the beasts of the field die to nourish thee; the fishes of the… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
We need to be poor! Let us live an ordinary life, but, beloved, let us live it with a passionate love for… — Catherine Doherty Copy Share Image
![“[Conservatives] go to church, they do lots of things for free for each other. They hold potluck dinners. ... They serve food to poor people. They share, they give, they give away for free. It's the very same people leading Wall Street firms who, on Sundays, show up and share.” quote by Lawrence Lessig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e9e/lawrence-lessig-3201_church_conservatives-go-to-church-they-do-lots_2384270.jpg)
