The Poor Quotes

He knew that Hop-Frog was not fond of wine; for it excited the poor cripple almost to madness; and madness is no comfortable feeling.

The rich brother needs to let the gospel humble him while the poor brother needs to let the gospel affirm him.

I grew up in the south, poor - on rock, dirt roads.

Who are to be the electors of the Federal Representatives? Not the rich, more than the poor

To be poor without murmuring is difficult. To be rich without being proud is easy.

The reason why I buy into the Democratic Party more than the Republican Party is because there are over 2,000 verses of Scripture that deal with responding to the needs of the poor.

I contend that, in spite of all that might be said about Watergate, Richard Nixon was good for the poor people of America.

I teach at Eastern University, which is highly committed to doing work among the poor and the oppressed peoples of the world. We have a special commitment to the city.

God is not dumb, that he should speak no more; If thou hast wanderings in the wilderness And find'st not Sinai, 'tis thy soul is poor.

There is no get-rich-quick scheme equal to a poor girl marrying a rich man.

It's funny; I actually made poorer decisions when I sobered up then when I was screwed up.

I was a very poor young black boy in New Orleans, just a face without a name, swimming in a sea of poverty trying to survive.

Martin King was fundamentally committed to the least of these [poor, working people]. Of course, he was a Christian soldier for justice from the 25th chapter of Matthew.

Unless the poor of the world agitate for themselves to be heard, there will be no changes in their circumstances.

Larry Summers, I think, he had a long history of arrogance and relative ignorance about poor people's culture and working people's culture and so forth.

To trust people is a luxury in which only the wealthy can indulge; the poor cannot afford it.

What...can the government do to help the poor? The only answer is the libertarian answer: Get out of the way.

They explained to me that the bank cannot lend money to poor people because these people are not creditworthy.

It's daring and challenging to be young and poor, but never to be old and poor. Whatever resources of good health, character, and fortitude you bring to retirement, remember, also, to bring money.

How much has spending most of the offseason in prison affected Jamal Lewis' poor start?.

Poor Knight! he really had two periods, the firsta dull man writing broken English, the seconda broken man writing dull English.

A poor spirit is poorer than a poor purse. A very few pounds a year would ease a man of the scandal of avarice.

Only the poor can know all the disadvantages of poverty. Only the rich can know all the disadvantages of wealth.

Poor tired Tim! It's sad for him He lags the long bright morning through, Ever so tired of nothing to do.

Time is short, your obligations are infinite. Are your houses regulated, your children instructed, the afflicted relieved, the poor visited, the work of piety accomplished?

Give what thou canst, without Thee we are poor; And with Thee rich, take what Thou wilt away.

What women would do if they could not cry, nobody knows. What poor, defenceless creatures they would be!

The poor we shall always have with us, but why the hungry?

Carry a notebook and write down examples of good and poor design. After a week, you'll begin to realize that nearly everything is the product of a design decision.

Italy is divided between us and them, rich and poor, north and south, young and old, employed and unemployed.

The men who start out with the notion that the world owes them a living generally find that the world pays its 'debt' in the penitentiary or the poor house.

Creed was ended by egos and people wanting to do their own thing and poor decision-making.

... frugality makes a poor man rich.

There should be more booing in shops and restaurants and places like that when when the service is bad. If you've had a poor breakfast in a hotel, you should put your knife and fork down and boo.

The poorest of the poor are those who feel that they are unloved.

I bet when all the punctuation marks have a party, they quietly look at exclamation point's wife and think, that poor woman.

Unless we believe and see Jesus in the appearance of bread on the altar, we will not be able to see him in the distressing disguise of the poor.

A marine protozoan is an aqueous salty system in an aqueous salty medium, but a man is an aqueous salty system in a medium in which there is but little water and most of that poor in salts.

I think that before people were speaking much about the poor, but now more and more people are speaking to the poor. That is the great difference.

Poor decisions and bad luck are contingencies of most horror films.

When the civil rights battle was won, all the Jews and hippies and artists were middle class white people and all the blacks were still poor. Materially, not much changed.

You'll never have complete control, Caine. This world is changing all the time. Animals. People. Who knows what's next? We didn't' make this world, we're just the poor fools who are living in it.

Attainment is a poor measure of capacity, and ignorance no proof of defect.

Do console your poor friend, who is so troubled to see his paintings so miserable, so sad, next to the radiant nature he has before his eyes!

I lay my head on the railroad track, waitin' on the Double E. But the train don't run by here no more, poor, poor, pitiful me.

No health care for poor kids? You know, I thought something like that was only done by cartoon villains. You're (Pres. Bush) slowly going from being Nixon to Mr. Burns.

Whether we are rich or poor, educated or uneducated, whatever our nationality, colour, social status or ideology may be, the purpose of our lives is to be happy

Although our love is waning, let us stand by the lone border of the lake once more, together in that hour of gentleness. When the poor tired child, passion, falls asleep.

Only the poet has any right to be sorry for the poor, if he has anything to spare when he has thought of the dull, commonplace rich.

Rich grandparents get more attention than poor grandparents.