Thus the castle of each feudal chieftain became a school of chivalry, into which any noble youth, whose parents were from poverty… — Horatio Alger Copy Share Image
Medicare is paid for by the American taxpayer. Medicare belongs to you. Medicare is for seniors, who many of them are on… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
“Greatness is not greater than you. You have total control over greatness. You can decide to be great and it will happen.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
South Africans have no concept of time and this is also why we can't solve poverty and social problems… It's now 10… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I think the arts should get big support, but my country has a lot of needs more important than film. Medication, education,… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
Are we going to solve the issue of poverty? Absolutely not. Are we going to have an impact? I'm committed to it,… — Gavin Newsom Copy Share Image
A welfare state is frightened of every poor person who tries to get in and every rich person who tries to get… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
“When your race on earth is finally over and your time has completely disappeared, what will continue to live on in the… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
“The biggest potential for helping us overcome shame is this: We are “those people.” The truth is…we are the others. Most of… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
It turns out that advancing equal opportunity and economic empowerment is both morally right and good economics. Why? Because discrimination, poverty and… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
The rich man, when contributing to a permanent plan for the education of the poor, ought to reflect that he is providing… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I cannot see any of these death penalty cases where there hasn't been a violation on the ground of either poverty or… — Harry A. Blackmun Copy Share Image
When you look at what [new generation] believe in, how they value diversity, how they believe in science, how they care about… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I don't see the minimum wage as a fight between capital and labor, between persistent small businesses and diligent employees. I think… — Michelle Lujan Grisham Copy Share Image
“Our entire system, in an economic sense, is based on restriction. Scarcity and inefficiency are the movers of money; the more there… — Peter Joseph Copy Share Image
“People like Larraine lived with so many compounded limitations that it was difficult to imagine the amount of good behavior or self-control… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
We should not so much esteem our poverty as a misfortune, were it not that the world treats it so much as… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
“How can wealth persuade poverty to use its political freedom to keep wealth in power? Here lies the whole art of Conservative… — Ziad K. Abdelnour Copy Share Image
“The recession and regression of any society are always an indication of how poorly the citizens of that country understand the value… — Sunday Adelaja 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
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
In the Bible poverty is a scandalous condition inimical to human dignity and therefore contrary to the will of God. — Gustavo Gutiérrez Copy Share Image
Abject poverty, political instability, torture, and other abuses push thousands across our border. There is not a deterrent imaginable that equals the… — Greg Boyle Copy Share Image
Thank God for poverty That makes and keeps us free And lets us go our unobtrusive way, Glad of the sun and… — Bliss Carman 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
“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
“Some people will insult your intelligence by suddenly being nice or nicer to you once you make it … or they think… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
We have to craft new political realities, not only in places like India, Afghanistan, Kenya, Pakistan, but here at home as well.… — Alex Steffen Copy Share Image
“If you try to do a task at your odd hours, you will waste so much time only to find out that… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
“We have an obligation to help those in absolute poverty that is no less strong than our obligation to rescue a drowning… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
This is not about charity, it's about justice... The war against terror is bound up in the war against poverty - I… — Edward de Bono Copy Share Image
We started the AIDS virus. We are only able to maintain our level of living by making sure that Third World people… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
By the breaking in of enraged merciless armies, flourishing countries have been laid waste, great numbers of people have perished in a… — John Woolman Copy Share Image
“We will rich soon, and you who handle poverty badly will handle riches equally badly... In poverty she is envious. In riches… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I think the Jamaicans are among the most talented people on the planet; it's just that through circumstances, through poverty, they rarely… — Linford Christie Copy Share Image
Poor people have the blues because they're poor and hungry. Rich people can't sleep at night because they're trying to hold on… — John Lee Hooker Copy Share Image
It seems that we have been born only to consume and to consume, and when we can no longer consume, we have… — Jose Mujica Copy Share Image
We had particular policies in this country that resulted in the larger share of poverty that we have in African-American communities. — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
Poverty damages the educational potential of children, whether through stress or poor diet, while overcrowded, poor-quality housing has the same impact too. — Owen Jones Copy Share Image
I have seen poverty first hand. My parents were not well-off. They were in Ban'gladesh and I - just a child then… — Roopa Ganguly Copy Share Image