Quotes by Poverty The forgotten man at the bottom of the economic pyramid. Franklin D. Roosevelt poverty pyramids men This detachment (poverty, chastity, etc.) must not be mere amputation; everything which is shaken off must be simultaneously found again at a higher level. Gabriel Marcel amputation poverty levels Bodily labor alleviates the pains of the mind and from this arises the happiness of the poor Francois de La Rochefoucauld poverty pain mind We must start talking differently about poverty--and start doing something differently. Gary Haugen poverty talking He who accepts his poverty unhurt I'd say is rich although he lacked a shirt. But truly poor are they who whine and fret and covet what they cannot hope to get. Geoffrey Chaucer shirts rich poverty Wars are bred by poverty and oppression. Continued peace is possible only in a relatively free and prosperous world. George C. Marshall poverty war world That is one of the bitter curses of poverty; it leaves no right to be generous. George Gissing curse bitterness poverty He who possesseth little is so much the less possessed. Blessed be moderate poverty! Friedrich Nietzsche poverty blessed littles Education is the key to opportunity. It's a ticket out of poverty. George H. W. Bush poverty keys opportunity God oft hath a great share in a little house. George Herbert poverty house littles Any time you have poverty, joblessness, sub-par public schools, and a lack of opportunity, you're going to have a high rate of crime. George Pelecanos poverty opportunity school A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread. Georges Bernanos poverty men needs The English are probably more capable than most peoples of making revolutionary change without bloodshed. In England, if anywhere,it would be possible to abolish poverty without destroying liberty. George Orwell poverty liberty would-be If a man is to lose his fortune, it is a good thing if he were poor before he acquired it, for poverty requires aptitude. Geraldine Brooks aptitude poverty men Within certain limits, it is actually true that the less money you have, the less you worry. George Orwell poverty limits worry Poverty is no sinne. George Herbert poverty sin It is seldom that the miserable can help regarding their misery as a wrong inflicted by those who are less miserable. George Eliot poverty helping world First, women are more likely to live in poverty during their retirement years than are men. Ginny Brown-Waite poverty retirement years The superiority of the distant over the present is only due to the mass and variety of the pleasures that can be suggested, compared with the poverty of those that can at any time be felt. George Santayana poverty pleasure memories In the affairs of this world, poverty alone is without envy. Giovanni Boccaccio envy poverty world «1112131415161718192021»