Best Poorest Thoughts
215 Poorest quotes by 169 unique authors
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Recall the face of the poorest and weakest man you have seen, and ask yourself if this step you contemplate is going to be any…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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But there are victories far worse than defeats; and to overcome an angel too gentle to put out all his strength, and ride away in…
— George MacDonald
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This is the way you look at the poorest details of the world resurfaced, after you've been driving for a long time -- you feel…
— Alice Munro
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I find it interesting that the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God's will, but as human beings become more affluent, as their…
— Maya Angelou
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Constant complaint is the poorest sort of pay for all the comforts we enjoy.
— Benjamin Franklin
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Even on the poorest streets people could be heard laughing. Some of these streets were completely dark, like black holes, and the laughter that came…
— Roberto Bolano
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There are treasures in books that all the money in the world cannot buy, but the poorest laborer can have for nothing.
— Robert Green Ingersoll
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As she watched all of this, Liesel was certain that these were the poorest souls alive. That's what she wrote about them . . .…
— Markus Zusak
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...even the richest personality is nothing before he has chosen himself, and on the other hand even what one might call the poorest personality is…
— Soren Kierkegaard
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Our life of contemplation shall retain the following characteristics: —missionary: by going out physically or in spirit in search of souls all over the universe.…
— Mother Teresa
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When people love each other, they are content with very little. When we have light and joy in our hearts, we don't need material wealth.…
— Jean Vanier
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Mental illness doesn't choose the most talented or the smartest or the richest or the poorest. It shows no mercy and often arrives like an…
— Steve Lopez
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The poorest service is repaid with thanks.
— William Shakespeare
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You might as well learn right now, you two, that the poorest guide you can have in life is what people will say.
— Maud Hart Lovelace
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Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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We owe Christ to the world--to the least person and to the greatest person, to the richest person and to the poorest person, to the…
— David Platt
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A cookbook is only as good as its poorest recipe.
— Julia Child
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Profound love demands a deep conception and out of this develops reverence for the mystery of life. It brings us close to all beings, to…
— Albert Schweitzer
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There are many kinds of richness, and the man who is rich because of money is the lowest as far as the categories of richness…
— Rajneesh
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People are ready to say, 'Yes, we are ready for single-payer health insurance.' We are the only industrialized country in the world that does not…
— Studs Terkel
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I write books to change the world. Perhaps I can only change one little piece of that world. But if I can empower teachers and…
— Jonathan Kozol
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The strongest knowledge (that of the total freedom of the human will) is nonetheless the poorest in successes: for it always has the strongest opponent,…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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Humility and love are precisely the graces which the men of the world can understand, if they do not comprehend doctrines. They are the graces…
— J C Ryle
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The rates of soda consumption in our poorest communities cannot be explained by individual consumer preferences alone, but rather are linked to broader issues of…
— Geoffrey Canada
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Companies like Husk Power Systems are working to impact positively not only the environment, but to ensure that someday everyone, including the poorest of the…
— Jacqueline Novogratz
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