Standard Of Living Quotes

“Quality of life is here considered to be something incompatible with artificial, material standards above that necessary for the satisfaction of fundamental needs, and secondly, that ecological considerations are to be regarded as preconditions for life quality, therefore not outside human responsibility…The lifestyle of the majority should be changed so that the material standard of living in the Western countries becomes universalisable within this century. A consumption over and above that which everyone can attain within the foreseeable future cannot be justified.”
― Arne Næss, Ecology, Community and Lifestyle

“Too often we assume that God has increased our income to increase our standard of living, when his stated purpose is to increase our standard of giving. (Look again at 2 Corinthians 8:14 and 9:11).”
― Randy Alcorn, Money, Possessions, and Eternity: A Comprehensive Guide to What the Bible Says about Financial Stewardship, Generosity, Materialism, Retirement, Financial Planning, Gambling, Debt, and More

“God prospers me not to raise my standard of living, but to raise my standard of giving.”
― Randy Alcorn

“You can't be a good writer in the States anymore... Because to be a good one you have to have a country where you can be poor and still eat, and still make your living standards secondary to your writing. Thoreau himself couldn't do that in the States today...
(Sept. 1953 letter to Millen Brand)”
― Nelson Algren

“In Africa, there is a birthrate trap: a higher standard of living will lead to smaller families but smaller families will not lead to a higher standard of living.”
― Christopher Hitchens

“If you want to raise your standard of living, raise your standard of giving”
― Ziad K. Abdelnour, Economic Warfare: Secrets of Wealth Creation in the Age of Welfare Politics

“Older people sometimes talk about the good old days when life was better. In fact, they talk nostalgically about their own youth that was irretrievably gone. The past century has made enormous progress in all fields. The standard of living, work environment, health care quality and mobility, and the availability of cultural programs, recreational activities and information – all that clearly speaks in favor of nowadays.”
― Eraldo Banovac

“God will not judge by man’s standard of what is right, but by His own, and they are vastly different!”
― William Branks

“When you have a castle within, you don’t need one outside. I prefer to keep things simple.”
― Donna Goddard, Circles of Separation

“As we approach the limits of reasonable consumption, the cult of the standard of life must end up in disillusionment and eventual repugnance.”
― Wilhelm Röpke, A Humane Economy: The Social Framework of the Free Market

“Poverty has deceived many of us into believing that some people who are in that state love the food, clothes, places, and people that they do not even like. The same can be said about wealth.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“When God raises your standard of living, the world will know, because His ways are unlimited.”
― Gift Gugu Mona, Daily Quotes about God: 365 Days of Heavenly Inspiration

“When God raises your standard of living, the world will know, because His ways are unlimited.”
― Gift Gugu Mona, Daily Quotes about God: 365 Days of Heavenly Inspiration

“When God raises your standard of living, the world will know because His ways are unlimited.”
― Gift Gugu Mona, Daily Quotes about God: 365 Days of Heavenly Inspiration

“Whenever the stress is on standard of living then the quality of life could go for a toss.”
― BS Murthy

“For the price of a few battleships, we could give you a healthy nation. We have the knowledge, the skill, the material resources; but those in power prefer to use them for destroying their competitors and safeguarding their own profits.”
― Nicholas Blake, There's Trouble Brewing