P Quotes
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“Poverty comes from Hell. Prosperity comes from Heaven. Adam had complete dominion over the earth and all it contains. A. Adam could fly like a bird. B. Adam could swim underwater and breathe like a fish. Adam went to the moon. Adam walked on water. Adam was a super being; He was the first superman that lived. Adam had dominion over the sun, moon & stars. Christians do not have Christ in their hearts. Sow a big seed, when you confess it, you are activating the supernatural forces of God.”
“Poverty comes from the poverty of positive thoughts and creative ideas.”
“Poverty comes pleading not for charity, for the most part, but imploring us to find a purchaser for its unmarketable wares.”
“Poverty consist in feeling poor.”
Source: Society and Solitude: Twelve Chapters
“Poverty creates cruelty and suffering for humans, animals and the environment. We must address it to save our world.”
“POVERTY CRIME
When you push people
Into the throes of poverty
They tend to think their value low
And so do they yours
They will not think it grave
To lose their low valued lives
And so will they not yours”
Source: Roses in the Rainbow
“Poverty demoralizes. A man in debt is so far a slave; and Wall-street thinks it easy for a millionaire to be a man of his word, aman of honor, but, that, in failing circumstances, no man can be relied on to keep his integrity.”
“poverty denotes a lack of necessities and simplicity a lack of needs.”
Source: Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle
“Poverty deprives humanity of the basic necessities to live a meaningful life.”
“Poverty devastates families, communities and nations. It causes instability and political unrest and fuels conflict.”
“Poverty didn't necessarily engender an envy of wealth; sometimes it might beget a passion for decency.”
“Poverty disproportionately affects women around the world.”
“Poverty does not always prevent a rich person from dating someone who is poor, unless the man is the one who is poor.”
“Poverty does not belong in civilized human society. Its proper place is in a museum. That's where it will be.”
“Poverty does not cause violence and terrorism. Lack of education does not cause terrorism.”
“Poverty does not create our social problems...our social problems create our poverty.”
“Poverty does not make people terrorists, but terrorists can exploit the frustration it creates and use it as a breeding-ground for violent ideas.”
“Poverty does not produce unhappiness: It produces degradation.”
“Poverty does not simply mean to have little or no money; it is not reducible to the description of one's miserable circumstances”
Source: Against the Double Blackmail: Refugees, Terror and Other Troubles with the Neighbours
“Poverty doesn't make parents unfit any more than wealth deems them appropriate.”
Source: A Home for My Heart
“Poverty doesn't scare me, ignorance does.
Work doesn't scare me, laziness does.
Pleasure doesn't scare me, pain does.
Charity doesn't scare me, weakness does.
Chastisement doesn't scare me, flattery does.
Friendship doesn't scare me, betrayal does.
Enmity doesn't scare me, anger does.
Marriage doesn't scare me, divorce does.
Love doesn't scare me, heartache does.
Sex doesn't scare me, parenting does.
Ambition doesn't scare me, envy does.
Adversity doesn't scare me, boredom does.
Risk doesn't scare me, cowardice does.
Competition doesn't scare me, mediocrity does.
Defeat doesn't scare me, weakness does.
Misfortune doesn't scare me, bitterness does.
Maturing doesn't scare me, infirmity does.
Life doesn't scare me, regret does.
Aging doesn't scare me, death does.
Existence doesn't scare me, oblivion does.
War doesn't scare me, bloodshed does.
Government doesn't scare me, corruption does.
Politics doesn't scare me, manipulation does.
Revolution doesn't scare me, tyranny does.
Rebellion doesn't scare me, slavery does.
Ideology doesn't scare me, fanaticism does.
Religion doesn't scare me, immorality does.
Faith doesn't scare me, hopelessness does.
Morality doesn't scare me, evil does.
God doesn't scare me, extremism does.”
“Poverty doesn't bring unhappiness; it brings degradation.”
“Poverty doesn't come because of the decrease of wealth but because of the increase of desires.”
“Poverty doesn't imply necessarily violence.”
“Poverty doesn’t give you strength or teach you lessons about perseverance. No, poverty only teaches you how to be poor.”
Source: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
“Poverty, education and money changes people morality, perception, character, believes, behavior, ethics, and integrity .”
“Poverty Effeciency Syndrome are multiple negative poverty effects (Self induced effects,acquired,inherited..)”
Source: Unlocking Closed Doors
“Poverty ennobles no one; it brutalizes common people and makes them hungry and old.”
Source: Across the Wire: Life and Hard Times on the Mexican Border
“Poverty entails fear, and stress, and sometimes depression; it means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts, that is indeed something on which to pride yourself, but poverty itself is romanticised only by fools.”
Source: Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination
“Poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes depression. It means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships.”
“Poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes depression. It meets a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts that is something on which to pride yourself but poverty itself is romanticized by fools.”
“poverty exists not because we cannot feed the poor but because we cannot satisfy the rich”
“Poverty feeds into the clean-water crisis, which contributes to hunger, and so on. There's undeniable interconnectivity among these issues. Just one of these problems can be deadly on its own, but in the most disadvantaged areas there is a perfect storm of problems. And it takes its greatest toll on children.”
“Poverty fled, she who gives birth to virile men.”
“Poverty, for example is primarily a matter of prospects and connections.”
Source: Men and Marriage
“Poverty frees them from ordinary standards of behaviour, just as money frees people from work.”
Source: Down and Out in Paris and London
“Poverty has a great appetite for eating one’s dignity, but Elimane was one of those people who fought to keep his, even when that was the only battle he was winning.”
Source: Little Family
“Poverty has a home in Africalike a quiet second skin.It may be the only place on earth where it is worn with unconscious dignity.”
“Poverty has a special way of making a responsible person look irresponsible, a free man a prisoner and a slave.”
“Poverty has a way of taking the edge off principles. Hunger can blunt them altogether.”
Source: The Midnight Witch
“Poverty has always existed, and Capitalism has lifted more people out of it than anything else.”
Source: Essays on Capitalism & The U.S. Economy
“poverty has been a huge motivator in my life”
“Poverty has created a new planet within this planet: A Planet of Misery that all humanity should be ashamed of!”
“Poverty has deceived many of us into believing that some people who are in that state love the food, clothes, places, and people that they do not even like. The same can be said about wealth.”
“Poverty has in its favour an exquisite sleep filled with beautiful dreams.”
Source: The Atheist’s Mass
“Poverty has its advantages. When you're that poor what would you have that anyone would want? Except your peace of mind. Your dignity. Your heart. The important things.”
Source: Peel My Love Like an Onion: A Novel
“Poverty has its duties as well as its rights.”
“Poverty has long arms that reach through generations of people, leaving telltale bruise marks on its victims even after they are blessed enough to get out.”
Source: My Name is Child of God: A First-Person Look At Poverty
“Poverty has many dimensions, but its causes include unemployment, social exclusion, and high vulnerability of certain populations to disasters, diseases and other phenomena which prevent them from being productive.”
“Poverty has many roots, but the tap root is ignorance.”
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965