The Poor Quotes

The American Dream, coupled with government subsidies of utilities and cheap consumer goods courtesy of slave labour somewhere else, has kept the poor huddled masses from rising up.

Men who are scandalized at the lack of freedom in Russia do not ask themselves how real is liberty among the poor, the weak, and the ignorant in capitalist society.

A democracy cannot flourish half rich and half poor, any more than it can flourish half free and half slave.

Being poor is like being a child. Being rich is like being an adult: you get to do whatever you want. Everyone is nice when they have to be; rich people are nice when they feel like it.

Every one complains of a poor memory, no one of a weak judgment.

One should treat one's fate as one does one's health; enjoy it when it is good, be patient with it when it is poor, and never attempt any drastic cure save as an ultimate resort.

We justify the inequalities by saying some people are just better and smarter than others and the strong should survive and the poor can die off.

The poor are the only ones who suffer. And they're used to it.

Though you are weak and frail, though you are poor and helpless, God does not despise you; but would glorify your being with His own, and raise you to fellowship with Himself.

Lo! the poor toper whose untutored sense, Sees bliss in ale, and can with wine dispense; Whose head proud fancy never taught to steer, Beyond the muddy ecstasies of beer.

When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer, strike your fill.

There is only one sort of discipline - PERFECT DISCIPLINE. Men cannot have good battle discipline and poor administrative discipline.

I am all at once what Christ is, ' since he was what I am, and This Jack, joke, poor potsherd, ' patch, matchwood, immortal diamond, Is immortal diamond.

The issue of world environment has a special kind of urgency... The issue is one of rich peoples and poor peoples, of the growing gap between the two, and of the rich fouling their own nests.

When you with velvets mantled o'er, Defy December's tempests frore, Oh! spare one garment from your store, To clothe the poor at Christmas.

Viva Italia! Goodbye to all poor peoples everywhere! ... Pusha da button!

Good Old Socialism ... Raping The Pocketbooks Of The Rich To Give To The Poor.

Late to bed, late to rise, makes a man unhealthy, poor, and stupid.

The rich and powerful want to believe in their right to be rich and powerful, so they justify it by saying they are inherently superior to the poor and lowly.

Feeling essentially superior to other people is as sure a sign of poor self-esteem as feeling essentially inferior.

Virtue its own reward? Alas! And what a poor one as a rule! Be virtuous and life will pass Like one long term of Sunday School.

Teaching by precept, without example, is mighty poor teaching.

A man's ledger does not tell what he is, or what he is worth. Count what is in man, not what is on him, if you would know what he is worth-whether rich or poor.

To have a specific style is to be poor in speech.

Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings. [Lat., Pallida mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas Regumque turres.]

For old actors, just remember that inside you're only 14. Acting is for kids. You poor old grown-ups, you've forgotten how to do what kids know automatically.

Whene'er I take my walks abroad,How many poor I see!What shall I render to my GodFor all his gifts to me?

You look back and see how hard you worked and how poor you were, and how desperately anxious you were to succeed, and all you can remember is how happy you were.

Buying coffee on the street instead of in a Starbucks is the poor man's way to get rich. In other words, you will never get rich by scratching out ten cents from your dollar.

Who could not be moved by the sight of that poor, demoralized rabble, outwitted, outflanked, outmanoeuvered by the U.S. military? Yet, given time, I think the press will bounce back.

Winds wanders, and dews drip earthward; Rains fall, suns rise and set; Earth whirls, and all but to prosper A poor little violet.

The impulse to share the lives of the poor, the desire to make social service, irrespective of propaganda, express the spirit of Christ, is as old as Christianity itself.

Hundreds of poor laboring men and women are being thrown into jails and police stations because of their political beliefs. In fact, an attempt is being made to deport an entire political party.

If we love (the poor) people, we want to identify with them and share with them.

Good judgment is what you get from experience, which is what you have immediately after using poor judgement.

Ah! my poor brain is racked and crazed, My spirit and senses amazed!

Poor France, thy fine climate, rich vineyards, and the wishes of the learned avail nothing; thou art a destitute beggar, and not the powerful friend thou wert represented to me.

One must always have in mind one simple fact - there is no literate population in the world that is poor, and there is no illiterate population that is anything but poor.

The seven Ps: Proper Planning and Preparation Prevent Piss-Poor Performance

I don't have any extraordinary gifts. I'm just an average Joe who grew up very poor in rural Alabama.

Our people are good people; our people are kind people. Pray God some day kind people won't all be poor.

Have you been working on Sunday? Have you been buying or selling without necessity in the course of this holy day? Give to the poor some alms which will exceed the profit you have made.

When Poetry thus keeps its place as the handmaiden of piety, it shall attain not a poor perishable wreath, but a crown that fadeth not away.

It's one of the ironies of investing. The rich can afford to take risks, but they don't need to. The poor need to take risks, but they often can't afford to.

The stock exchange is a poor substitute for the Holy Grail.

The poor never have enough for themselves ... but always have enough to give away.

In real life I'm a poor dressmaker and a terrible cook, anything in fact but the perfect wife.

Being poor is not like being a victim. Being poor means that you don't have one resource.

These poor kids in Baghdad have no running water, no showers. They wipe with baby wipes. My heart goes out to them.

There's another advantage to being poor - a doctor will cure you faster.