If we are suffering illness, poverty, or misfortune, we think we shall be satisfied on the day it ceases. But there too,… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
“Many people who order their lives rightly in all other ways are kept in poverty by their lack of gratitude.” Wallace Wattles” — Rhonda Byrne Copy Share Image
Do not ask the name of the person who seeks a bed for the night. He who is reluctant to give his… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
I want to wage war against illiteracy, poverty, unemployment, unfair competition, communitarianism, delinquency. — Nicolas Sarkozy Copy Share Image
Whatever the short term clashes between protecting the environment and eradicating poverty, medium term and long term it is clear. Unless we… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
“The secret of all the great men and women in history is that they converted their time into tangible products.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
“And if one feels anything in the presence of God save an utter poverty of spirit, it ultimately means that you have… — D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Copy Share Image
I have the impression that when we talk so confidently of liberty, we are unaware of the awful ... servitude of poverty… — Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth Copy Share Image
“From the late 19th century until the 1970s, the advanced societies of the West were all becoming less unequal. Thanks to progressive… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
Choice! The key is choice. You have options. You need not spend your life wallowing in failure, ignorance, grief, poverty, shame, and… — Og Mandino Copy Share Image
Don't be a writer, it's a terrible way to live your life, there's nothing to be gained from it but poverty and… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
“At the end of the school day, we walked the long, cold way home feeling happy and hungry. There we found a… — Jenny Lee Ellison Copy Share Image
To really tackle poverty, politicians, activists, academics will all have to think outside their boxes, will have to start developing much more… — Sasha Abramsky Copy Share Image
As a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, I reached across the aisle to write an economic development bill that addressed… — Mike Espy Copy Share Image
Anybody can see that the little money you get is half-wasted, because you cannot spend it to advantage. The worst food comes… — George Holyoake Copy Share Image
“FLIES IN DISGUISE Tell me, Have you Really seen Flies in a child's eyes Or heard their hungry cries In the middle… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
There are three major social issues that this country is struggling with: education, poverty, and drugs. Two of them we talk about,… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
“When you are just living your mundane life; just walking about or you are just sleeping and waking up and just chatting… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
“To prevent your time from just melting into vanity, you must race against time and stand in the way of time so… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
Poverty persists, essentially, because the people at the bottom - the bottom quarter and also the bottom half - see the gains… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
When you grow up in poverty, suffer from abuse, live in a violent neighborhood, come from a broken home, lack positive role… — Christine Tsai Copy Share Image
“Using money in one’s attempt to put an end to poverty is like using a border in one’s attempt to put an… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
As an anthropology major, I wanted to understand the cultural significance of poverty - why it exists and why some countries can… — Lauren Bush Copy Share Image
Poverty is taking your children to the hospital and spending the whole day waiting with no one even taking your name, and… — Janice Bradshaw Copy Share Image
I can go back to poverty if a situation comes. I have sailed through the worst days of my life, and I… — Nawazuddin Siddiqui Copy Share Image
It is shameful that millions of Americans are suffering the economic injustice of working a full-time job and earning a wage that… — Bill Pascrell Copy Share Image
If a man is to lose his fortune, it is a good thing if he were poor before he acquired it, for… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
It betrays a poverty of ambition if all you think about is what goods you can buy instead of what good you… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Terrorism is fueled by hate. The tragedy is that there are countless young children who are being taught to hate. Terrorism is… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
“Loverless and inexpectant of love, I was as safe from spies in my heart-poverty, as the beggar from thieves in his destitution… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
It is a kind of blindness--poverty. We can only grope through life when we are poor, hitting and maiming ourselves against every… — Ouida Copy Share Image
Two things prevents us from happiness... Living in the past And observing others . Better die in poverty as a free man… — Mercy Pheona Copy Share Image
I should never seek a job in my life, my mission in life is to create jobs. I am not a job… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image
It would be a considerable consolation to the poor and discontented could they but see the means whereby the wealth they covet… — Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann Copy Share Image
Capitalism - for the record - has lifted more people out of poverty than any other economic system in the world. — Trish Regan Copy Share Image
For the poor of this world, two major ways of expiring are available: either by the absolute indifference of your fellow-men in… — Louis-Ferdinand Celine Copy Share Image
“If a state is governed by the principles of reason, poverty and misery are subjects of shame; if a state is not… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“If you really want to buy greatness with time, you must invest the quality amount of time into your purpose and land… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
“Invest your life into what you were born to do. Make every minute of your life count. Redeem every minute of your… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
Not only subjective poverty is never overcome by growth, but absolute poverty is increased by it. ... Absolute misery grows while wealth increases. — Joan Robinson Copy Share Image
