Poverty Often Deprives a Man of all Spirit & Virtue

"Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an empty bag to stand upright" -- Benjamin Franklin

Don't Merely Make a Living, Enable Greater Vision

"You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement" -- Woodrow T. Wilson

A Robust Spirit Overcomes Poverty: Emily Dickinson

"He ate and drank the precious Words, his Spirit grew robust; He knew no more that he was poor, nor that his frame was Dust" -- Emily Dickinson

Bequeath to Children Reverence, Not Riches: Plato

"Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence." -- Plato