“As I grew into womanhood my confusion at the world became more apparent. I was taking comfort in behaviours that were familiar,… — Jane Hersey Copy Share Image
I praise her (Fortune) while she lasts; if she shakes her quick wings, I resign what she has given, and take refuge… — Horace Copy Share Image
And though my Lord hath lost his estate and been banished out of his country, yet neither despised poverty nor pinching necessity… — Margaret Cavendish Copy Share Image
Pope Benedict XVI assumes leadership at a critical time in which the world's collective wisdom and leadership including that of the religious… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
The capitalist system has lifted mankind out of mass poverty. It is this system that in the last century, in the last… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
MT [Mother Teresa] was not a friend of the poor. She was a friend of poverty. She said that suffering was a… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
That is one consolation when you are poor—there are so many more things you can imagine about. — Lucy Maud Montgomery Copy Share Image
The superior man is anxious lest he should not get the truth; he is not anxious lest poverty should come upon him. — Confucius Copy Share Image
There are things to be afraid of - like extraordinary poverty and suffering beyond anything I've experienced, and climate change, despots -… — Gaby Hoffmann Copy Share Image
We've got to remember that the core of Christ's plan is to rescue us from sin. Our pain, poverty, and broken hearts… — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
The present Arab uprising didn't stem from Israel. The old guard is trying to keep down the young chickens. The old guard… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
Growth is improving the lot of the poor in many countries, reducing poverty by half since 1981. Freer trade could accelerate progress. — Francois Bourguignon Copy Share Image
The popularity of the famous device of the use of lands into England is said to be largely due to the mendicant… — Edward Jenks Copy Share Image
People say what distinguishes us from the animals is that we think. Well, then why the hell don't we extend some compassion… — Jimmy Santiago Baca Copy Share Image
Let the radiance of my enthusiasms envelop the poor courtyard and the bare classroom. Let my heart be a stronger column and… — Gabriela Mistral Copy Share Image
The more you look into health and health inequalities, you realize that a lot of it is not due to a particular… — Helene D. Gayle Copy Share Image
Rich and great people can take care of themselves; but the poor and defenceless - the men with small cottages and large… — John Bright Copy Share Image
World Bank is a bank that's focused on economic development and poverty alleviation. — Jim Yong Kim Copy Share Image
The failure of the first Barack Obama administration to really deliver on a new War on Poverty and a new language to… — Sasha Abramsky Copy Share Image
“Hangga't may dukha at mayaman, hangga't may nagpapasasa at nagugutom, hanggang may pinagpapala't ibinabaon, ang pagkakapantay-pantay ay matutulad sa isang laruan lamang… — Faustino S. Aguilar Copy Share Image
The thief who is in prison is not necessarily more dishonest than his fellows at large, but mostly one who, through ignorance… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
My experience working in the Grameen Bank has given me faith; an unshakable faith in the creativity of human beings. It leads… — Muhammad Yunus Copy Share Image