Be sure that you give the poor the aid they most need. If you give money, spend yourself with it, and do… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
We tend to put the environment last because we think the first thing we have to do is eliminate poverty and send… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
Economists are coming to acknowledge that measures of national wealth and poverty in terms strictly of average income tell you little that… — Rowan Williams Copy Share Image
The choice of life is not between fame and fortune, nor wealth and poverty, but between good and evil. — Boyd K. Packer Copy Share Image
You can't lift people out of poverty simply by tweaking the tax system, or by raising the minimum wage by a few… — Sasha Abramsky Copy Share Image
If we from wealth to poverty descend, Want gives to know the flatterer from the friend. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
“When I say time must be converted, what I'm saying is that seconds must be converted, minutes must be converted, hours must… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
Attainment is a poor measure of capacity, and ignorance no proof of defect. — Cyril Burt Copy Share Image
They're the problems of poverty, of the rights of the individual, of the changes brought about by technology. They're the ones that… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
Of course I am frustrated with regard to extreme poverty, to violence that never seems to cease. — Roger Moore Copy Share Image
“The Rooster Coop was doing its work. Servants have to keep other servants from becoming innovators, experimenters or entrepreneurs. The coop is… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
If begging should unfortunately be thy lot, knock at the large gates only — Arabian Proverb Copy Share Image
We cannot confront the massive challenges of poverty, hunger, disease and environmental destruction unless we address issues of population and reproductive health — Thoraya Obaid Copy Share Image
Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
It's as if we live in a house which has a vast treasury in one of its rooms. Only we've forgotten about… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Copy Share Image
I'm not persuaded that the opposite of poverty is wealth - I've come to believe... that the opposite of poverty is justice. — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
I've never experienced chronic poverty, but I know what it's like to live on £3 a week. — Annie Lennox Copy Share Image
No woman who works full time and plays by the rules should have to raise her family in poverty. — Martin O'Malley Copy Share Image
The internal conditions in Iran are worsening in all aspects. Poverty and unemployment are becoming more severe, despite the fact that Iran… — Moshe Katsav Copy Share Image
“Taxes are what we pay for civilized society, for modernity, and for prosperity. The wealthy pay more because they have benefitted more.… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
“Papa used to say that wealth is a sin and poverty is a punishment but that God apparently wants there to be… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
Instead of looking at difficulties as deprivations, we can learn to recognize them as opportunities for deepening and widening our love. — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
Most elderly are retirees with relatively low incomes. But some may possess assets, and they will be classified as poor. As such,… — Carrie Lam Copy Share Image
Humility, or poverty of spirit, is not a matter of thinking low thoughts about ourselves. It is not a matter of groveling… — John W. Miller Copy Share Image
