The Poor Quotes

It's hard being black. You ever been black? I was black once - when I was poor.

The chestnut's proud, and the lilac's pretty, The poplar's gentle and tall, But the plane tree's kind to the poor dull city - I love him best of all.

Our efforts to help the poor does not mean we're going to eradicate poverty.

The notion that college education is a cost-effective way to help poor, low-skill, unmarried mothers with high school diplomas or GEDs move up the economic ladder is just wrong.

As long as there are rich people in the world, they will be desirous of distinguishing themselves from the poor.

Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so. For, those, whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow. Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me.

Early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. Early bird gets the worm, but the second worm gets to live. Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy.

The histories of the poor and the powerless are as important as those of their conquerors, their colonizers, their kings and queens.

God has decreed that there be sick and poor in this world, but in the next it will be the other way around.

I don't care if you're black, white, short, tall, skinny, rich or poor. If you respect me I'll respect you

Faith and Fear make poor bedfellows. Where one is found, the other cannot exist.

A democracy is a state in which the poor, gaining the upper hand, kill some and banish others, and then divide the offices among the remaining citizens equally, usually by lot.

The learned are envied by the foolish; rich men by the poor; chaste women by adulteresses; and beautiful ladies by ugly ones.

Most jury trials are contests between the rich and poor.

You go to India and you see the poorest village somewhere in the middle of India. And the poor family is happier than any rich billionaire in this country because of spirituality.

The same man cannot be both Friend and Flatterer.

The world is poor for him who has never been sick enough for this 'voluptuousness of hell

If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself.

A truly moral nation enacts policies that encourage personal responsibility and discourage self-destructive behavior by not subsidizing people who live irresponsibly and make poor choices.

Poor worms, they hiss at me, whilst I at home Can be contented to applaud myself, . . . with joy To see how plump my bags are and my barns.

Why is it that when it comes to our most cherished social goal [health care], we not only tolerate poor execution, sometimes we even celebrate it?

After all, the rich get richer and the poor get children. Which is okay so long as lots of them starve in infancy.

Our upside down welfare state is socialism for the rich, free enterprise for the poor.

Jealousy is indeed a poor medium to secure love, but it is a secure medium to destroy one

O, if my husband could only love me even a little and not seem to be perfectly indifferent to any sensation of that kind... O my poor aching heart when shall it rest its burden only on the Lord.

It is very much easier for a rich man to invest and grow richer than for the poor man to begin investing at all. And this is also true of nations.

He who accepts his poverty unhurt I'd say is rich although he lacked a shirt. But truly poor are they who whine and fret and covet what they cannot hope to get.

O ye rich ones on earth! The poor in your midst are My trust; guard ye My trust, and be not intent only on your own ease.

Oh the nerves, the nerves; the mysteries of this machine called man! Oh the little that unhinges it, poor creatures that we are!

It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.

A wealthy doctor who can help a poor man, and will not without a fee, has less sense of humanity than a poor ruffian, who kills a rich man to supply his necessities.

The World Has Divided into Rich and Poor as at No Time in History

The word "tip" stands for "to insure promptness." So when should you give it? Up front,of course. Sophisticated people don't take chances on poor service, they insure good service.

I grew up poor. I never had any money. I was a hobo, you know, ride the freights

If you've ever really been poor, you remain poor at heart all your life.

Judging foods without regard to price is a rich mans game, and yet poor people can be gourmets able to discern a good potato from a bad one.

Feed on Christ, and then go and live your life, and it is Christ in you that lives your life, that helps the poor, that tells the truth, that fights the battle, and that wins the crown.

Parents with meager means have the same aspirations for their children as other parents. Children from poor families have the same needs as other children.

We're the only nation in the world where most of our poor people are fat.

Reckless haste makes poor speed.

And so long as I can laugh, never will I be poor. This then, is one of nature's greatest gifts and I will waste it no more.

Come Sleep! Oh Sleep, the certain knot of peace, the baiting-place of wit, the balm of woe, the poor man's wealth, the prisoner's release, the indifferent judge between the high and low.

The first time a student realizes that a little learning is a dangerous thing is when he brings home a poor report card.

Additional problems are the offspring of poor decisions. When inquiry and advocacy are combined, the goal is no longer 'to win the argument', but to find the best argument.

Niggerization is the result of oppression -- and it doesn't just apply to the black people. Old people, poor people, and students can also get niggerized.

Investing for the poor requires participation from the entire community.

In fact, it seems to me that making strategic alliances across national borders in order to treat HIV among the world's poor is one of the last great hopes of solidarity across a widening divide.

The returns from investing in poor people are just as great as the returns from investing in the business world... and have even more meaning

They gave me star treatment when I was making a lot of money. But I was just as good when I was poor.

God said, I am tired of kings, I suffer them no more; Up to my ear this morning brings The outrage of the poor.