The Poor Quotes

There is nothing wrong with being poor; but there is everything wrong with remaining poor after you have discovered your riches in Christ.

All language is but a poor translation.

Of what good is democracy if it is not for the poor?

There's a lot of money in wars, except in the war on poverty. Can't make any bread helping the poor.

Most men with nothing would rather protect the possibility of becoming rich than face the reality of being poor.

Back in the thirties we were told we must collectivize the nation because the people were so poor. Now we are told we must collectivize the nation because the people are so rich.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

The only gift is giving to the poor; All else is exchange.

To heal the breach between the rich and the poor, it is necessary to distinguish between justice and charity.

Everywhere you will find that the wealth of the wealthy springs from the poverty of the poor.

Not the children of the rich or of the powerful only, but of all alike, boys and girls, both noble and ignoble, rich and poor, in all cities and towns, villages and hamlets, should be sent to school

We poor creatures are born for man's pleasure and amusement, and destined to go through endless sufferings and trials.

We've all been acculturated into accepting the inevitability of wrongful convictions, unfair sentences, racial bias, and racial disparities and discrimination against the poor.

The poor are great! The poor are wonderful! The poor are very generous! They give us much more than what we give them.

The best thing you can do for the poor is not to be one of them.

The rich man who gives to the poor does not bestow alms but pays a debt.

A poor man is not the one without a cent. A poor man is the one without a dream.

At that time [1909] the chief engineer was almost always the chief test pilot as well. That had the fortunate result of eliminating poor engineering early in aviation.

The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time.

Think what the world could look like if we took care of the poor even half as well as we do our Bibles!

Mine is a quiet exploration—a quest for new meanings in color, texture and design. Even though I sometimes portray scenes of poor and struggling people, it is a great joy to paint.

Poor human reason, when it trusts in itself, substitutes the strangest absurdities for the highest divine concepts

The essence of trade unionism is social uplift. The labor movement has been the haven for the dispossessed, the despised, the neglected, the downtrodden, the poor.

Of course people don't want war. Why should a poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best thing he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece?

Giving a poor person money keeps them poorer longer...often forever; give them knowledge instead.

If ethics are poor at the top, that behavior is copied down through the organization.

A man, who can, in cold blood, hunt and torture a poor, innocent animal, cannot feel much compassion for the distress of his own species.

The function of law and theology are the same: to keep the poor from taking back by violence what the rich have stolen by cunning.

Aloneness is a state of being, whereas loneliness is a state of feeling. It's like the difference between being broke and being poor.

Our prayers may be weak, stammering, and poor in our eyes. But if they come from a right heart, God understands them. Such prayers are His delight.

The fellow that has no money is poor. The fellow that has nothing but money is poorer still.

In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread.

I'm for the poor man - all poor men, black and white, they all gotta have a chance. They gotta have a home, a job, and a decent education for their children. 'Every man a king' - that's my slogan.

Poor Mexico. So far from God and so close to the United States.

But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

The poor need help today, not next week.

The bitterness of poor quality is remembered long after the sweetness of low price has faded from memory.

I've never been poor, only broke. Being poor is a frame of mind. Being broke is only a temporary situation.

For the poor, for those who want to serve, the only place left for such people is BJP. When someone joins the BJP family, it is not only about membership, we strengthen relationships.

Throwing away food is like stealing from the table of those who are poor and hungry.

Climate change does not respect border; it does not respect who you are - rich and poor, small and big. Therefore, this is what we call global challenges, which require global solidarity.

I believe that all the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer.

The good teacher makes the poor student good and the good student superior.

The conviction of the rich that the poor are happier is no more foolish than the conviction of the poor that the rich are.

The fight is no longer between the classes or between rich and poor but between the idiots and the eco-conscious.

They Have Money For War But Can't Feed The Poor.

I answered the voice that I was a poor girl who knew nothing of riding and warfare.

When you go to work, if your name is on the building, you're rich. If your name is on your desk, you're middle class. And if your name is on your shirt, you're poor.

The man who has his millions will want everything he can lay his hands on and then raise his voice against the poor devil who wants ten cents more a day.

There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.