If we want to help poor people out, one way to do that is to help them explore and use their own capability. Human being is full of capacity, full of capability, it's a wonderful creation, but many people never get a chance to explore that, never know that she or he has that.
. . . poor people are just as human as anyone else. They have just as much potential as anyone.
A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
You would not easily guess All the modes of distress Which torture the tenants of earth; And the various evils, Which like so many devils, Attend the poor souls from their birth.
Know how and how much to tip people who expect gratuities, even in the case of poor service.
I do have someone that I work with and she is amazing and I definitely don't have unmitigated abusive tendencies towards her. She is very sweet. I also know what that is like. I have heard my agent thinking he has hit mute on the phone before he, you know, physically unleashes broken glass and cellphones at his poor assistant. It is a tough job under the best of circumstances. I understand that.
He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
What invariably distinguishes a good player from a poor one is their respective address positions or setups.
Ministry to the poor is a crucial sign that we believe the gospel.
Did I ever tell my constituents that if they liked their plan they could keep it? I would have if I ever met anybody who liked his or her plan, but that was not my experience, that was not my experience. And it was not my experience as a mother of five, who occasionally has a bad back and the rest of that. I was considered a poor risk, even though I had some resources and thought I was quite strong for having five children. But the insurance company didn't see it that way.
There is a direct relationship between a person's grasp and experience of God's grace, and his or her heart for justice and the poor.
The mouse that always trusts to one poor hole Can never be a mouse of any soul.
Where money is an idol, to be poor is a sin.
You can say that I've grown bitter but of this you can be sure. The rich have get their channels in the bedrooms of the poor. And there's a mighty Judgement coming but I may be wrong.
I devalued the peso solely looking after the poor.
It is a very poor consolation to be told that the man who has given one a bad dinner, or poor wine, is irreproachable in private life. Even the cardinal virtues cannot atone for half-cold entrees.
Too many people, because they were white and poor, black and rich, or just plain busy with something other than politics, have felt they had no voice in our government.
We have very stable mechanisms of conflict resolution in terms of labor relations, we have a very good transportation infrastructure, we provide our children with an excellent education and the gap between rich and poor in Germany is relatively narrow. On the other hand, we have trouble accepting change.
The poor are the only ones who suffer. And they're used to it.
If a child is poor in math but good at tennis, most people would hire a math tutor. I would rather hire a tennis coach.
