Quotes About Poverty

There are millions of people who BELIEVE themselves doomed to poverty and failure, because of some strange force over which they BELIEVE they have no control. They are the creators of their own misfortunes, because of this negative BELIEF, which is picked up by the subconscious mind, and translated into its physical equivalent.

Abundance is harder for us to handle than scarcity.

My dream—the solution—is that we would have a National Entrepreneur Day, with the following message: Most of you will fail, disrespected, impoverished, but we are grateful for the risks you are taking and the sacrifices you are making for the sake of the economic growth of the planet and pulling others out of poverty. You are at the source of our antifragility. Our nation thanks you.

you can decide whether to be (relatively) poor, but free of your time, or rich but as dependent as a slave.

we are grateful for the risks you are taking and the sacrifices you are making for the sake of the economic growth of the planet and pulling others out of poverty.

At the limit, you can decide whether to be (relatively) poor, but free of your time, or rich but as dependent as a slave.

The manner of the woman was ungracious; but her words were true. They saw that their presence could do nothing towards the alleviation of the misery they witnessed; and they felt that mere curiosity would not authorize a longer intrusion. So soon, therefore, as they had relieved, according to their power, the poverty that seemed to be the least evil of this cottage, they emerged into the open air.

There he dwelt among poverty-stricken wretches, sinners, and forlorn good people, Irish, and whomsoever else were neediest.

But Buenos Aires also had poor outlying slums, called villa miserias, where hundreds of thousands of people lived in tin or cardboard shacks, a single tap providing water for fifty families. Their plight was made worse by an economy that funneled most of the country's riches to a few hundred families and suffered from rampant unemployment, an exploding budget deficit, and a vigorous black market.

I don't think God have us this anymore than he gives little kids cancer or makes poor people lottery winners.... if anything, he gives us courage to deal.

Go then, a starveling girl With no perfume or pearls, Only your nudity O my beauty!

Ac? Åžeytan, ac? ÅŸu tükenmeyen yoksulluÄŸuma! Sensin ezilenlerin, sensin cüzzaml?lar?n bile Ä°çlerine dolduran Cennet tatlar?n? sevgiyle

I had noticed that both in the very poor and very rich extremes of society the mad were often allowed to mingle freely.

There are only two things wrong with money: too much or too little.

I was fairly poor but most of my money went for wine and classical music. I loved to mix the two together.

I was so thin I could slice bread with my shoulderblades, only I seldom had bread

That the young rich smell the stink of the poor and learn to find it a bit amusing. They had to laugh, otherwise it would be too terrifying.

I know what a park bench is and the landlord's knock. There are only two things wrong with money: too much or too little.

When I get down to my last dime I'll just walk over to skid row. There are some real weirdos down there. They're everywhere.

Never bring a lot of money to where a poor man lives. He can only lose what little he has. On the other hand it is mathematically possible that he might win whatever you bring with you. What you must do, with money and the poor, is never let them get too close to one another.

Lawyers, doctors, plumbers, they all made the money. writers? writers starved. writers suicided. writers went mad.

Lawyers, doctors, plumbers, they made all the money. Writers? Writers starved. Writers suicided. Writers went mad.

the worst sin in the world is when the poor try to rob the poor. the enemy is fairly obvious, why weaken our ranks?

The good times were over. Nobody gave a shit and nobody had any money and if they had any, they kept it.