Mahbub ul Haq famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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In the last analysis, human security means a child who did not die, a disease that did not spread, an ethnic tension that did not explode, a dissident who was not silenced, a human spirit that was not crushed.
-- Mahbub ul Haq -
The real wealth of a nation is its people. And the purpose of development is to create an enabling environment for people to enjoy long, healthy, and creative lives. This simple but powerful truth is too often forgotten in the pursuit of material and financial wealth.
-- Mahbub ul Haq
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The whole bible is the working out of the relationship between God and man. God is not a dictator barking out orders and demanding silent obedience. Were it so, there would be no relationship at all. No real relationship goes just one way. There are always two active parties. We must have reverence and awe for God, and honor for the chain of tradition. But that doesn't mean we can't use new information to help us read the holy texts in new ways.
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I'd rather feel something for real than pretend it's not what it is.
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I don't really want to write fiction at all. I don't see why fiction is necessary when we have real life already confusing enough.
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I want to be a real artist to consumers. I want to be the real thing for them.
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There's the South Pole, said Christopher Robin, and I expect there's an East Pole and a West Pole, though people don't like talking about them.
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Find a need and fill it. Successful businesses are founded on the needs of people.
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What is wealth? A dream of fools.
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What good is money if it can't buy happiness?
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Democracy, material wealth, and universal education are the soil upon which modernism exists.
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Get place and wealth, if possible with grace; if not, by any means get wealth and place.
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