“...I swore I would battle not only for myself but for freedom and opportunity for everything living that wore chains, especially sex chains. It that meant poverty for myself and my boy then poverty we should have to suffer. If it meant social ostracism, if it meant relinquishing the literary success that lay within my grasp, then let the success go.” IfsShouldSufferingOpportunitySocialSexBoysPovertyBattleShould HaveLaysChainsMy BoysRelinquishingOstracismSocial Ostracism Book:A woman of fifty Source: A woman of fifty
“God sends us the poor to try us.... And he that refuses them a little out of the great deal that God has given lays up poverty in store for his own posterity.” TryingLittlesGivenPoorDealsPovertyLaysRefuseStoresPosterity Book:Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims Source: Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims
“My dad's main client was the World Bank, and he spent most of his time traveling to Third World countries. His particular interest lay in the eradication of poverty through development and business.” WorldCountryInterestPovertyParticularDevelopmentDadThirdsLaysMy DadTime TravelClientsThird WorldThird World CountriesWorld Bank Author:Hugh Jackman
“I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death.” WayGivingMomentsInspirationMovingHumanityPeaceDarkPovertyCourageSunFeetDespairOptimismLaysDefeatConvictionMoving ForwardOptimisticNurtureOptimistTestedNot Giving UpWorld LeaderBeing OptimisticLong Walk To FreedomOptimism In LifePositive OptimisticFaith In HumanityOptimistic LifeOptimism And HopeDark MomentsPositivity And OptimismGood Optimistic Author:Nelson Mandela
“But Paris was a very old city and we were young and nothing was simple there, not even poverty, nor sudden money, nor the moonlight, nor right and wrong nor the breathing of someone who lay beside you in the moonlight.” YoungSimpleCitiesPovertyLaysBreathingParisMoonlightBeside YouFrance ParisMoveable Feast Book:The Hemingway Collection Source: The Hemingway Collection