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.
I do not believe in widening the income gap between rich and poor, and my life's work in the inner city of Detroit demonstrates that far more than any sound bite.
When life is too easy for us, we must beware or we may not be ready to meet the blows which sooner or later come to everyone, rich or poor.
The way I live now is that I only write, which means that I'm very poor but very happy. Everything in my life is the way I want it to be.
Presidents and prime ministers, whether they live in the rich or the poor world, are insulated and isolated from the devastating impact of global poverty. They read the statistics, but they rarely witness at first hand the misery and degradation of l...
If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for the Creator, there is no poverty.
I was lucky to come from a difficult area. It teaches you not just about football but also life. There were lots of kids from different races and poor families. People had to struggle to get through the day.
I just love cars; I've been like that since I was a kid. It's an infatuation because we grew up poor. Cars was something we were always trying to get.
When I got outta High School I was driving a truck. I was just a poor boy from Memphis, Memphis.
An advanced city is not a place where the poor move about in cars, rather it’s where even the rich use public transportation
It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.
I would rather write for the instruction, or even the amusement of the poor than for the amusement of the rich.
It is unfortunate that the poor judgment shown by a small group of young actors has tarnished the reputation of every child who has ever appeared before a camera.
When people move from poor countries to America, they quickly adapt in at least one way - their consumption habits.
The Christian missionary may preach the gospel to the poor naked heathen, but the spiritual heathen who populate Europe have as yet heard nothing of Christianity.
Everyday is a bank account, and time is our currency. No one is rich, no one is poor, we've got 24 hours each.
P3- every simple need to which an institutional answer is found permit the invention of a new class of poor and a new definition of poverty
Miami's not anybody's poor cousin. It's an aspiration to live in this town, not something you have to do to promote yourself like some of the larger cities.
Poor speakers create an artificial divide between themselves and the audience. They feel they need to do this in order to establish their own credibility.
I grew up on 135th Street. I grew up on the poor side of New York. I grew up in Harlem.
A rich person who has no love in his heart is poorer than a poor person who has no money in his pocket.
