Homeless Quotes
Even a life raft is only supposed to get you from the sinking ship back to land, you were never intended to live in the life raft, to drift years on end, in sight of land but never close enough.
Sometimes what a person expresses in their eyes is more than all the books you could read on suffering.
It was as though God's hand was reaching down to Anna, and she was reaching her hands to Harvey and Joe, creating a circle of love.
Before you call yourself a Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu or any other theology, learn to be human first.
Nowhere in the bible did it say, “Only show compassion and empathy to those you can trust.” If we did that, we would be burying homeless people every day.
We are homeless enough in this world under the best of circumstances without going to any special effort to test our capacity to be more so.
Happiness lives in every corner of your home and if you are homeless, it lives under the leaves of trees, hiding beneath the sky's cloudiness. All you need to do is to find it with patience.
When an officer finds themselves arresting pastors that are feeding people who have nothing, they should know they’re on the wrong side.
Begging is much more difficult than it looks. Contrary to popular belief, it’s a high art form that takes years of dedicated practice to master.
You'd be surprised how difficult it is to ask alms of a stranger when you've never done it before, what a psychological barrier separates the honest man from the panhandler. ("Dusk To Dawn")
Strength of character comes from being hit by stray verbal stones, while protecting discarded ciphers in the snow.
I will never again look at the homeless people the way I did before entering Bowery Mission.
Long has been this road called life. Every time you venture out in this road, remember. Home is within. Home is in you.
When people say there is no place like home, the first to agree are the homeless.
If I were rich, I would buy him a new black suit. ... If I had next week's allowance and had not spent this week's on three Cherry Flips ...
It’s a full-time job being homeless. It’s a full-time job being poor.
Whenever a homeless person speaks to me in the USA, I always assume that I am speaking to a police officer and play along with the suspected charade.
I respect everyone, from the homeless brother and sister on the street to the executive that sits in the highest office named President Barack Obama. I respect everyone - but we over-respect no one.
Starbucks is the last public space with chairs. It's a shower for homeless people. And it's a place you can write all day. The baristas don't glare at you. They don't even look at you.
Homeless people really upset me when I was little. A lot of kids have this reaction, but I would get really worried or sad or concerned or cry.
Being homeless is like living in a post-apocalyptic world. You're on the outskirts of society.