Quotes about Poorest

Whoever finds Jesus, finds a rich treasure, and a good above every good. He who loses Jesus loses much indeed, and more than the whole world. Poorest of all is he who lives without Jesus, and richest of all is he who stands in favor with Jesus. Votes: 3

The poorest people are the sweetest people. Votes: 1

I'm called 'the poorest president', but I don't feel poor. Votes: 1

You need massive recruitment to tell the poorest of the poor what is possible. Votes: 1

The poorest country in South America, Bolivia, had been devastated by neoliberal economic policies. Votes: 1

I see drawings and pictures in the poorest of huts and the dirtiest of corners. Votes: 1

None of God's Creatures absolutely consider'd are in their own Nature Contemptible; the meanest Fly, the poorest Insect has its Use and Vertue. Votes: 1

What's great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest. Votes: 1

American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the poorest and most ignorant part of the society. Votes: 1

The poorest residents of the gulf coast were most affected by the devastating hurricanes, and the poorest Americans have shouldered a disproportionate share of the burden in Iraq. Votes: 1

I have seen this happen in recent years with regard to pharmaceuticals and vaccines, where, working together, we are improving access to medicines and vaccines for infectious diseases in the poorest countries. Votes: 1

The physicians of one class feel the patients and go away, merely prescribing medicine. As they leave the room they simply ask the patient to take the medicine. They are the poorest class of physicians. Votes: 1

I am positive that I would see the end of child labour around the world in my lifetime, as the poorest of the poor have realised that education is a tool that can empower them. Votes: 1

Women do two thirds of the world's work. Yet they earn only one tenth of the world's income and own less than one percent of the world's property. They are among the poorest of the world's poor. Votes: 1

But for the children of the poorest people we're stripping the curriculum, removing the arts and music, and drilling the children into useful labor. We're not valuing a child for the time in which she actually is a child. Votes: 1

We've taken on the major health problems of the poorest - tuberculosis, maternal mortality, AIDS, malaria - in four countries. We've scored some victories in the sense that we've cured or treated thousands and changed the discourse about what is possible. Votes: 1

Our elected officials would do well to remember that the most prosperous countries are those that allow consumers - not governments - to direct the use of resources. Allowing the government to pick winners and losers hurts almost everyone, especially our poorest citizens. Votes: 1

The rates of soda consumption in our poorest communities cannot be explained by individual consumer preferences alone, but rather are linked to broader issues of access and affordability of healthy foods in low-income neighborhoods, and to the marketing efforts of soda companies themselves. Votes: 1

If we are going to try to get across to the poorest people in the world that we care about their plight and we want them to join one world with the rest of us, we have got to make promises and keep promises. Votes: 1

Social services, not wealth per se, seem to be the key to lower birth rates. The Chinese, although among the poorest peoples of the world, have brought their fertility rate down to 2.4, partly by social coercion, but mostly by broadly available education, health care and family planning. Votes: 1

We live increasingly in a world of haves and have-nots, of gated communities next to ghettos, of extreme poverty and unbelievable riches. Some enjoy rights that are completely denied to others. Relative inequalities are exploding, and the world's poorest, despite all the advances of globalisation, may even be getting poorer. Votes: 1

The 1 to 2 billion poorest in the world, who don't have food for the day, suffer from the worst disease: globalization deficiency. The way globalization is occurring could be much better, but the worst thing is not being part of it. For those people, we need to support good civil societies and governments. Votes: 1

What's great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest. You can be watching TV and see Coca-Cola, and you can know that the President drinks Coke. Liz Taylor drinks Coke, and just think, you can drink Coke, too. Votes: 1

Growing up in a very rural and remote area in Colorado's San Luis Valley - one of the poorest counties in the United States - essentially created the framework of values from which I operate. I stand up for the little guy. I fight discrimination at all levels. I fight for an inclusive America. Votes: 1

Well, my view before was a Western view, and I certainly understand marriage equality and civil rights, equal rights for all, but having visited developing nations and some of the poorest nations in the world, I realize how deep it goes and how much work really needs to be done to create equality for all. Votes: 1

Debt vultures are really the scum at the bottom of the pond. These are guys who buy up the debts of the world's poorest countries on the secondary market. You can go buy debts of a country like Peru, for example, at a real discount. Why? Because people think that the debts won't be repaid. Votes: 1

We live in this era that has benefited from the Industrial Revolution, and we live with a kind of luxury and plenty that even all but the poorest of Americans live with a kind of sensuousness that was unimagined by medieval kings. But in order to get to this point, a lot of people had to suffer in really terrible ways. Votes: 1

Borrowed wit is the poorest wit. Votes: 0

The poorest service is repaid with thanks. Votes: 0

The greatest man in history was the poorest. Votes: 0

Most poor people live in the poorest countries. Votes: 0

Most rich people are the poorest people I know. Votes: 0

Rich gets richer with the expenses of the poorest Votes: 0

Anger is the poorest of counselors, and revenge is suicide. Votes: 0

Even the poorest among us deserves the dignity of equality. Votes: 0

The poorest of women is the one without close girlfriends Votes: 0

The poorest person on earth is the person without faith. Votes: 0

A cookbook is only as good as its poorest recipe. Votes: 0

The protestor I think will speak up for the world's poorest. Votes: 0

Today, the Muslim world is the poorest of the global powers. Votes: 0

Any country that accepts abortion is the poorest of the poor Votes: 0

To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful. Votes: 0

We did everything we could to break down barriers that restrain poorest. Votes: 0

The poorest man in the world is a man without a dream. Votes: 0

In the poorest of the poor we see Jesus in distressed guise. Votes: 0

The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power. Votes: 0

Sub-Saharan Africa is also home to 400 million of the world's poorest people. Votes: 0

The poorest experience is rich enough for all the purposes of expressing thought Votes: 0

And the poorest twig on the elm-tree was ridged inch deep with pearl. Votes: 0

The poorest man I know is the man who has nothing but money. Votes: 0

The poorest way to face life is to face it with a sneer. Votes: 0

The poorest of the poor are those who feel that they are unloved. Votes: 0

The day you forget about the poors, you become the poorest of the poor! Votes: 0

The poorest person is not one without a dollar but one without a dream. Votes: 0

Sex appeal alone is the poorest basis in the world for a happy marriage. Votes: 0

The poorest education that teaches self-control is better than the best that neglects it. Votes: 0

The best teachers are those that can influence even the poorest of all learners. Votes: 0

Constant complaint is the poorest sort of pay for all the comforts we enjoy. Votes: 0

The best food I've ever eaten in my life has come from the poorest communities. Votes: 0

If you have a poverty of heart then you are the poorest among the poor. Votes: 0

To turn away a guest is poorest poverty;To bear with fools is mightiest might. Votes: 0

By lifting the weakest, poorest among us, we lift the rest of us as well. Votes: 0

The soul of the poorest child is of equal dignity with the soul of Adam. Votes: 0

The most impactful dollars that Australia can spend are actually what goes to help the poorest. Votes: 0

Hospitality still survives among foreigners, although it is buried under false pride among the poorest Americans. Votes: 0

Gates's net wealth is greater than the combined net worth of the poorest 40% of Americans (112,000,000 people). Votes: 0

Just 8% of the $409bn spent on fossil-fuel subsidies in 2010 went to the poorest 20% of the population. Votes: 0

It is a spiritually impoverished nation that permits infants and children to be the poorest Americans. Votes: 0

It is interesting to note that the 200 richest people have more assets than the 2 billion poorest. Votes: 0

Embrace with tender affection the whole of humanity, especially the poorest, the weakest, the least important... Votes: 0

Climate change disasters will displace more and more. Those who are most exposed are the poorest. Votes: 0

SO the richest are often the poorest as this saying goes, "Loneliness is the ultimate poverty" Votes: 0

I'm not the poorest president. The poorest is the one who needs a lot to live, Votes: 0

Welcome to Hartford. The poorest city in the wealthiest state in the richest country on earth. Votes: 0

Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere; some say the poorest in the world. Votes: 0

The poorest people either don't have cars or actually don't drive very far in many cases. Votes: 0

No price is set on the lavish summer; June may be had by the poorest comer. Votes: 0

Without grace no book can live, and with it the poorest may have its life prolonged. Votes: 0

We have at our fingertips information that 500 years ago would have made the poorest man a prince. Votes: 0

God can be seen Even by the poorest fool, But not by the self-styled, God-arguing Intellectual giants. Votes: 0

The Church is called to draw near to every person, beginning with the poorest and those who suffer. Votes: 0

If Africa seeks prosperity, it must provide for the health and nutrition of all - including the poorest. Votes: 0

The poorest people are not people without money, but people without memories of happier times when they're down Votes: 0

We must realize that our destiny is strongly linked to the destiny of the poorest on this planet. Votes: 0

Humility makes a man richer than other men, and it makes a man judge himself the poorest among men. Votes: 0

Today, Wilberforce University welcomes many of America's poorest and most underserved populations and transforms their educational dreams into realities. Votes: 0

Society and Government should together give priority to the poorest of poor and make efforts to provide affordable health services. Votes: 0

From the poorest of countries to the richest of nations, education is the key to moving forward in any society. Votes: 0

Especially some of the poorest in our society need to have the greatest support because health inequalities are too wide. Votes: 0

Think of the poorest person you know and see if your next act will be of any use to him. Votes: 0

Even the poorest street is rich with people on it and even the richest street is poor without people on it! Votes: 0

Camiguin, Romblon and Camarines Norte got out of the list of poorest provinces in 2003. With tourism, these provinces can become rich. Votes: 0

The poorest ploughman is in Christ equal with the greatest prince that is. Let them therefore have sufficient to maintain them... Votes: 0

Education should be so revolutionized as to answer the wants of the poorest villager, instead of answering those of an imperial exploiter. Votes: 0

Democracy is impossible in a capitalist system. Capitalism is the realm of injustice and a tyranny of the richest against the poorest. Votes: 0

Millions of people in the world's poorest countries remain enslaved by the chains of poverty. It is time to set them free. Votes: 0

To live charitably means not looking out for our own interests, but carrying the burdens of the weakest and poorest among us. Votes: 0

The state and its elites must be subject, in theory and in practice, to the same laws that its poorest citizens are. Votes: 0

Improving the health & productivity of the poorest is one of the best investments you can make in the future of the world Votes: 0

The poorest man would not part with health for money, but the richest would gladly part with all their money for health. Votes: 0

I think that the poorest of the poor... look up to wealthy and successful Indians with some degree of respect and pride. Votes: 0

I think even the poorest people in the great country that is the United States should be entitled to basic health care, Votes: 0

There are treasures in books that all the money in the world cannot buy, but the poorest laborer can have for nothing. Votes: 0

I can go on and on. In the Appalachians. I fed the poorest part of this nation for years coming up at Christmas. Votes: 0

You might as well learn right now, you two, that the poorest guide you can have in life is what people will say. Votes: 0

Modern science is a catalyst agent to fulfil the needs of humankind. We must ensure that it reaches to poorest of the poor. Votes: 0

We need to ensure the poorest in the planet - who will be hardest hit by the financial crisis - are not forgotten. Votes: 0

At the turn of the twenty-first century, the richest 5 percent of people receive one-third of total global income, as much as the poorest 80 percent. Votes: 0

Afghanistan is one of the poorest countries on earth. Security issue or no security issue, there would need to be a focus on it. Votes: 0

In England, even the poorest of people believe that they have rights; that is very different from what satisfies the poor in other lands. Votes: 0

Looking at these issues as a businessman, I believe that investing in the world's poorest people is the smartest way that our government spends money. Votes: 0

A system that was originally designed to support the poorest in society is now trapping them in the very condition it was supposed to alleviate. Votes: 0

The US reasserted control over Nicaragua in 1990. Since then, the country has experienced a steep decline. It's now the second poorest country in the hemisphere. Votes: 0

When combined with information and communication technologies, microcredit can unleash new opportunities for the world's poorest entrepreneurs and thereby revitalize the village economies they serve. Votes: 0

Want and effective demand are not the same thing. If they were, the poorest nations would be the ones to display the most vigorous demand. Votes: 0

You are meant to be going somewhere, to be headed to a destination. The poorest person in the world is a person without a dream Votes: 0

Even the poorest in Israel are looked upon as freemen who have lost their possessions, for they are the sons of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Votes: 0

The unconsidered act of the poorest of men may fire the train that leads to the subterranean mine, and an empire be rent by the explosion. Votes: 0

I don't really believe in the myth of being poor but happy. At the poorest times in my life, I wasn't happy. I was just hungry. Votes: 0

The extermination of millions of unborn children, in the name of the fight against poverty, actually constitutes the destruction of the poorest of all human beings. Votes: 0

The poorest being that crawls on earth, contending to save itself from injustice and oppression, is an object respectable in the eyes of God and man. Votes: 0

At Ellis Island, I mean, you didn't go there if you arrived in first class. It was only the poorest, the people in the worst shape. Votes: 0

AIDS destroys families, decimates communities and, particularly in the poorest areas of the world, threatens to destabilize the social, cultural, and economic fabric of entire nations... Votes: 0

The strongest knowledge (that of the total freedom of the human will) is nonetheless the poorest in successes: for it always has the strongest opponent, human vanity. Votes: 0

In the poorest countries...it is women who are the key to breaking out of poverty...and preparing another generation for...leading their countries into real security. Votes: 0

Children under five are the poorest age group in America, and one in four infants, toddlers and preschoolers are poor during the years of greatest brain development. Votes: 0

But the Western countries that link their partnership with the poorest countries with respect for democracy also have to consider that they have obligations towards these countries. Votes: 0

It is a ludicrous statistic plucked out of the air and used to justify a quite appalling attack on many of the poorest people in this country. Votes: 0

The world is too little aware of the waste of life, limb and land which anti-personnel landmines are causing among some of the poorest people on earth. Votes: 0

I heard the call to give up all and follow Christ into the slums to serve Him among the poorest of the poor. It was an order. Votes: 0

While a few poor countries are catching up with the rich world, the differences between the richest and poorest individuals around the globe are huge and likely growing. Votes: 0

Energetic action on debt would make a radical difference to the prospects of many of the poorest countries in the world, at no practical cost to creditor countries. Votes: 0

As usual, the people who are poorest - the blacks, Hispanics and disabled people - are going to suffer more than anyone else under the [Barack] Obama administration. Votes: 0

Every human heart cries and yearns for the same thing: a chance to fulfill his or her own dreams and desires. Even the poorest man has a dream. Votes: 0

Recall the face of the poorest and weakest man you have seen, and ask yourself if this step you contemplate is going to be any use to him. Votes: 0

My parents worked their tails off, but we weren't the poorest people in town. Some people I went to school with, you could tell they were dirt poor. Votes: 0

If every gnat that flies were an archangel, all that could but tell me that there is a God; and the poorest worm that creeps tells me that. Votes: 0

At the most basic level, the key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. Votes: 0

But isn't it time for Christians to admit that we should reject bargains if they are gained by the exploitation of the poorest of the poor in developing countries? Votes: 0

I believe there is no other way to create decent livelihoods for the world's poorest people than to connect them to global markets as producers, and on fair terms. Votes: 0

To all our means of culture is added the powerful incentive to personal ambition, no post of honor is so high but the poorest may hope to reach it. Votes: 0

The poorest man in the world is the man without a dream.The most frustrated man in the world is the man with a dream that never becomes reality. Votes: 0

Of course, aid is only one small part of international development. Some of the greatest benefits to the world's poorest can be achieved through policy changes by developed countries. Votes: 0

Over no nation does the press hold a more absolute control than over the people of America, for the universal education of the poorest classes makes every individual a reader. Votes: 0

One who knew how to appropriate the true value of this world would be the poorest man in it. The poor rich man! all he has is whathe has bought. Votes: 0

Governor Romney has said nothing about preschool. I think that giving the poorest kids in America wonderful preschool, and three years of it, starting when they are two-and-a-half, is absolutely crucial. Votes: 0

...when food is shared in a fair way, with solidarity, when no one is deprived, every community can meet the needs of the poorest. Human ecology and environmental ecology walk together. Votes: 0

We do not kill the drama, we do not really limit its appeal by failing to encourage the best in it; but we do thereby foster the weakest and poorest elements. Votes: 0

I would bend the knee before the poorest scavenger, the poorest untouchable in India for having participated in crushing him for centuries; I would even take the dust off his feet. Votes: 0

The School Energy Crisis Relief Act authorizes the Secretary of Energy to issue energy assistance grants to help the poorest school districts across the Nation offset these unexpected and challenging costs. Votes: 0

I am working right at both the levels- with the most wealthy clients in the world, but also the poorest. I spend half my time designing for people that have nothing. Votes: 0

Gratitude is an offering precious in the sight of God, and it is one that the poorest of us can make and be not poorer but richer for having made it. Votes: 0

The poorest of the sex have still an itch To know their fortunes, equal to the rich. The dairy-maid inquires, if she shall take The trusty tailor, and the cook forsake. Votes: 0

In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live. Votes: 0

That is not enough. Sport has been great for me, a great learning place that if you want to achieve you can, even if you are from the poorest part of Africa. Votes: 0

The total impact of the Tory/Liberal tax, welfare and public spending changes has hit the poorest 10% in society disproportionately hard - and women have been affected even more badly than men. Votes: 0

If you live in poor neighborhoods - I know from living in several poor neighborhoods - the worst supermarkets in the city are in the poorest neighborhoods, where people don't have cars. Votes: 0

Haiti is the poorest country in our hemisphere. The earthquake and the hurricanes, it has devastated Haiti. Bill Clinton and I have been involved in trying to help Haiti for many years. Votes: 0

We continue to blame the poor for their own condition. They are lazy. We do not want to know that the poorest of the poor are toddlers under three years of age. Votes: 0

You go to India and you see the poorest village somewhere in the middle of India. And the poor family is happier than any rich billionaire in this country because of spirituality. Votes: 0

I believe that companies, doing business in a responsible and sustainable way, can help raise the quality of life and standards of living in some of the poorest parts of the world Votes: 0

Look at the Afghans, during the time of the Soviet invasion. They were among the poorest Muslims in the world, yet they were sustained by their faith in God, and God alone. Votes: 0

The net worth of the 358 richest people in the world was then found to be 'equal to the combined income of the poorest 45 per cent of the worlds population - 2.3 billion people. Votes: 0

Look at the Afghans, during the time of the Soviet invasion. They were among the poorest Muslims in the world, yet they were sustained by their faith in God, and God alone." Votes: 0

Live Below the Line raises real money to help the world's poorest people, but it is also a symbolic demonstration aimed at highlighting - not replicating - the plight of the world's poor. Votes: 0

No other group has internalized its self-hatred as much as blacks have. It would be difficult to find other groups who behave similarly in that their most esteemed members berate its poorest members. Votes: 0

If you want to improve the situation of the poorest two billion on the planet, having the price of energy go down substantially would be the best thing you could do for them. Votes: 0

Haiti, which has been the main target of US intervention throughout the 20th century, is the poorest. And Guatemala, which is maybe the third major target of US intervention, probably ranks third poorest. Votes: 0

Any mechanism that will ensure benefits to consumer, any mechanism that will ensure that we do not waste food grains, any mechanism that helps the poorest of the poor is a welcome step. Votes: 0

The people who are filing for bankruptcy in increasing numbers every year, it's not the poorest. It's not the people at the economic fringes. It's people who worked hard and played by the rules. Votes: 0

The Jesus I follow is the peacemaker, is one who says forgive your enemies, who worries about the poor, who worries about the poorest of the poor instead of the richest of the rich. Votes: 0

In the poorest cottage are Books: is one Book, wherein for several thousands of years the spirit of man has found light, and nourishment, and an interpreting response to whatever is Deepest in him. Votes: 0

Good cookery is not an extravagance but an economy, and many a tasty dish is made by our Continental friends out of materials which would be discarded indignantly by the poorest tramp in Whitechapel. Votes: 0

Profound love demands a deep conception and out of this develops reverence for the mystery of life. It brings us close to all beings, to the poorest and smallest as well as all others. Votes: 0

Those born in the poorest quarter of American society have an 8% chance of earning a college degree. Those born in the wealthiest quarter of American society have a 75% chance of earning a college degree. Votes: 0

Mental illness doesn't choose the most talented or the smartest or the richest or the poorest. It shows no mercy and often arrives like an unexpected storm, dropping an endless downpour on young dreams. Votes: 0

Lavish thousands of dollars on your baby clothes, and after all the child is prettiest when every garment is laid aside. That becoming nakedness, at least, may adorn the chubby darling of the poorest home. Votes: 0

Let us never accept the point of view that mysteries are written by hacks. The poorest of us shed our blood over every chapter. The best of us start from scratch with every new book. Votes: 0

The poorest people in the world (particularly in low-lying areas) will suffer the most if we do not take action on climate change... that calls for any tactic that might call attention to the problem. Votes: 0

I was in Vancouver, and I was in what I was told was the poorest neighborhood in North America - which I find very hard to believe because has anyone here ever been to Detroit? Votes: 0

The poorest person on earth is not the person who has no job, no cars, no money and no house. The poorest person is the one who has no vision. Visionlessness is poverty in disguise. Votes: 0

He who praises another enriches himself far more than he does the one praised. To praise is an investment in happiness. The poorest human being has something to give that the richest could not buy. Votes: 0