The key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. The ladder of development hovers overhead, and the poorest of the poor are stuck beneath it. They lack the minimum amount of capital necessary to get a foothold, and therefore need a boost up to the first rung. ~Jeffrey Sachs
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A drowning man is not troubled by rain. ~Persian Proverb
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Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid. ~John Wayne
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God gave burdens, also shoulders. ~Yiddish Proverbs
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Admire, exult, despise, laugh, weep for here There is such matter for all feelings: Man! Thou pendulum betwixt a smile and tear. ~Lord Byron
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We like to think that our parents made a decision to bring us into the world. ~Christopher Eccleston
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Love is a flower which turns into fruit at marriage. ~Finnish Proverb
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When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down. ~Natalia Vodianova
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You seek problems because you need their gifts. ~Richard Bach
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The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law. ~Jewish Proverb
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You do not need intelligence to have luck, but you do need luck to have intelligence. ~Jewish Proverb
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Even the goats will jump on a slanted tree. ~Polish Proverb
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To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature. ~Native American Proverb
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I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb
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In time of test, family is best. ~Burmese Proverb
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A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish proverb
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Gossip is hardly uplifting. ~Ginger Rogers
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Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one. ~Edith Wharton
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There are no limits, only obstacles, and any obstacle can be overcome. ~David Belle
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What you are is God’s gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God. ~Jewish Proverb
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If fortune smiles, who does not? If fortune does not, who does? ~Chinese Proverb
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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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Do not look for more honor than your learning merits. ~Jewish Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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