Quotes About Destitute

Time is no longer endless or the horizon destitute of hope.

I wish to soothe him; yet can I counsel one so infinitely miserable, so destitute of every hope of consolation, to live?

miserable, so destitute of every hope of consolation, to live?

Some US leaders invited the destitute of the world to cross their leaking borders with assurances that they would be entitled to the same.

Some do, but the big cattle ranchers don't. They own the land now and it's made them rich. They don't care if the tribes are fenced in, starving, and destitute, as long as they can ship their beef.

It is also rarer to find happiness in a man surrounded by the miracles of technology than among people living in the desert of the jungle and who by the standards set by our society would be considered destitute and out of touch.

New Jersey was hard to define because it was a hodgepodge. Up north, it was the suburbs of New York City. To the southwest, it was the suburbs of Philadelphia. Those two major cities drained resources and attention from New Jersey's own urban centers, leaving Newark and Camden and the like sucking for life like a retiree with an oxygen tank at an Atlantic City casino. The suburbs were lush and green. The cities were destitute and concrete. And so it goes.

Are you destitute for the Fire of God? Nothing else matters! Possess ye God's Fire! All else is void!

This bewildered but well-meaning gentleman opposed his daughter's marriage to Captain Nungesser on the grounds--not unreasonable on the face of it--that Nungesser was destitute, broken-bodied, something of a bounder, unemployable except in time of war, and French.

The balance of power is the scale of peace. The same balance would be preserved were all the world destitute of arms, for all would be alike; but since some will not, others dare not lay them aside.… Horrid mischief would ensue were one half the world deprived of the use of them; … the weak will become a prey to the strong.

I grew up on food stamps. I come from a very humble background. And I've had many friends that have been destitute - you know, running into trouble - and places like The Midnight Mission have given them hope and have fed them and gotten them back on the right path.

And, just as it is harder to have good qualities when one is rich than when one is poor, it is harder to be a Stoic when one is wealthy, powerful, and respected than when one is destitute, miserable, and lonely.

Net wealth is a great way to measure riches, but not such a good way to measure poverty. Lots of people have zero, or less than zero. Some of them are destitute; others, like the junior doctor, are going to be fine.

In a battle which might interest scholars of modern urban warfare, the Conduit Street Comanche whipped the tar out of an irregular band of crybaby destitutes who pledged allegiance to the Watson's departed mucker-wallah.

the government of the country was conservative and, like all such governments, found it easier to get along with well-heeled and well-dressed Fascists than with ex-labor leaders and agitators, refugees who generally were destitute and frequently had jail records. This is something which applies to nearly all governments;

There are some men's souls that are so thin, so almost destitute of what is the true idea of soul, that were not the guardian angels so keen-sighted, they would altogether overlook them.

The Voice of Christ: My child, this is the disposition which you should have if you wish to walk with Me. You should be as ready to suffer as to enjoy. You should as willingly be destitute and poor as rich and satisfied.

It is also rarer to find happiness in a man surrounded by the miracles of technology than among people living in the desert of the jungle and who by the standards set by our society would be considered destitute and out of touch.

ON the decline of the Roman power, about five centuries after Christ, the countries of Northern Europe were left almost destitute of a national government.

I believe, as do most people, that we have an obligation to assist the truly destitute.

In the same way you can find God in the beauty of nature, you can find God in the beauty of the destitute. We're not meant to just admire the trees, we're meant to share life.

We are living now in what is known as the Welfare State, which means – broadly – that everybody is completely destitute.

fought their duels on Greek territory, conscripted Greek men, requisitioned Greek crops and gold, levied twenty years' taxes in two, and left the cities destitute.

Medicine becomes pragmatic solidarity when it is delivered with dignity to the destitute sick... By including social and economic rights in the struggle for human rights, we help to protect those most likely to suffer the insults of structural violence.