Drink your fill when the jar is first opened, and when it is nearly done, but be sparing when it is half-empty; it's a poor savingwhen you come to the dregs.
If my head holds one thought wise and clear, it's You. Poor as I am, what I hold dear is You. No matter how I see myself, I'm nothing. . . Anything I am entirely is You!
People don't like other poor people, and rather than blame the people that make you all poor, you blame each other.
A coat that is not used, the moths eat; and a Christian who is hung up so that he shall not be tempted-the moths eat him; and they have poor food at that.
We grew up poor, very poor, but I am very proud of where I come from.
It is but a poor eloquence which only shows that the orator can talk.
We have to state, without mincing words, that there is an inseparable bond between our faith and the poor. May we never abandon them.
For the rich men without scruple drew the estate into their own hands, excluding the rightful heirs from their succession; and all the wealth being centred upon the few, the generality were poor and miserable. Honourable pursuits, for which there was no longer leisure, were neglected; the state was filled with sordid business, and with hatred and envy of the rich.
UN studies conducted in more than forty developing countries show that the birth rate falls as women gain equality. . . I believe income-earning opportunities that empower poor women. . . will have more impact on curbing population growth that the current system of "encouraging" family planning practices through intimidation tactics. . Family planning should be left to the family.
The poor complain that they are governed badly. The rich complain that they are governed at all.
Being poor is only romantic in books.
I will use the rest of my life to help the poor overcome the problems confronting them - poverty is the greatest challenge facing humanity. That is why I build schools; I want to free people from poverty and illiteracy.
O God! I ask You for the means to do good, to avoid evil and to love the poor.
Sacred cows make very poor gladiators.
For me Oliver Twist is a political novel. It is a furious critique of the treatment of orphans and poor children who were forced to spend their early lives in ghastly institutions.
With much we surfeit; plenty makes us poor.
No other health disparity is so stark; virtually every woman who dies giving birth lives in a poor country.
As you say, I am honoured and famous and rich. But as I have to do all the hard work, and suffer an increasing multitude of fools gladly, it does not feel any better than being reviled, infamous and poor, as I used to be.
Rich grandparents get more attention than poor grandparents.
Sure, integrating schools may sound benign. But whats the use of living in a gated community if my kids go to school and get poor all over them?