“It was this desire for a feeling of importance that led an uneducated, poverty-stricken grocery clerk to study some law books he found in the bottom of a barrel of household plunder that he had bought for fifty cents. You have probably heard of this grocery clerk. His name was Lincoln.” BookFeelingsLawDesireFoundNamesPovertyStudyHeardImportanceBottomFiftyCentsHouseholdGroceriesBarrelsClerksUneducatedPlunderLaw Books Book:How to win friends & influence people Source: How to win friends & influence people
“It's immoral to parent irresponsibly... And it doesn't help matters any when prime time tv, like "Murphy Brown", a character who is supposed to represent a successful career woman of today, mocks the importance of the father by bearing a child alone, and calling it just another "lifestyle choice." Marriage is probably the best anti-poverty program there is... Even though our cultural leaders in Hollywood, network TV, the national newspapers routinely jeer at [such values] I think most of us in this room know that some things are good, and other things are wrong.” ThinkingKnowsChildrenMatterCharacterHelpingTodayValuesChoicesFatherParentRoomsLeaderCareersPovertySuccessfulTvsCallingProgramHollywoodImportanceLifestyleNewspapersBrownPrimeImmoralMurphyCareer WomenSuccessful CareerPrime TimeLifestyle ChoicesMurphy Brown Author:Dan Quayle
“The economic issues are most vital for us and it is of the highest importance that we should fight our biggest enemies - Poverty, unemployment.” ShouldFightingEnemyPovertyIssuesEconomicHighestImportanceUnemploymentEconomic Issues Book:Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri commemoration souvenir Source: Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri commemoration souvenir
“As a child I experienced firsthand the severe effects of poverty and illiteracy, especially upon women and children. My parents taught me the importance of education and that it was a key to improving an individual's life.” ChildrenIndividualParentPovertyEffectsTaughtKeysImportanceSevereImprovingIlliteracyImportance Of Education Author:Naveen Jain
“I would like to see many times more dollars going into the education for girls. The World Bank has some wonderful statistics in terms of the importance of educating girls as a way of lifting whole societies out of poverty.” WorldGirlTermPovertyWonderfulImportanceLifting Author:Swanee Hunt