Poor Man Quotes

Poor Man Quote of the day

When you are weary of praying, and do not receive, consider how often you have heard a poor man calling, and have not listened to him.

To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.

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

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.

Empathy is the poor man's cocaine, and love is just a chemical by any other name

Poor man wanna be rich, rich man wanna be king, and a king ain't satisfied until he rules everything.

The really poor man is not the one who lacks money, but the one who lacks the joy of the heart.

If it's that difficult for a rich man to get into heaven, think how terrible it must be for a poor man to get in . He doesn't even have a bribe for the gatekeeper.

The nearest to my heart are a king without a kingdom and a poor man who does not know how to beg.

A righteous wife can make a poor man feel like a king.

Poverty with joy isn't poverty at all. The poor man is not one who has little, but one who hankers after more.

Never say you cannot afford something. That is a poor man's attitude. Ask HOW to afford it.

The only difference between a rich man and a poor man, is that the poor man suffers uncomfortably, while the rich man suffers comfortably.

. . . the poor man, whom the law does not allow to take . . . a pair of shoes for his freezing feet, is allowed to put his hand into the pocket of the rich, and say, You shall educate me. . . .

Pride in the case of a rich man is bad, but pride in the case of a poor man is worse.

Give, but, if possible, spare the poor man the shame of begging.

There are those who say that children make a rich man poor. No, they have it backward. Children make a poor man rich. A rich man can't take his riches to heaven, but I'm taking my children

A rich man's war and a poor man's fight.

Almost every desire a poor man has is a punishable offence.

I'd like to live like a poor man with a lot of money.

To live like a poor man is only fun when you are rich.

It is the lash of hunger which compels the poor man to submit. In order to live he must sell - 'voluntarily' sell - himself every day and hour to the 'beast of property.'

Education is a capital to the poor man, and an interest to the rich man.

Hope is a flatterer, but the most upright of all parasites; for she frequents the poor man's hut, as well as the palace of his superior.

Who would be a poor man, a beggar man, a thief, if he held a rich man in his hand?

A poor man fear for money works against him.

I'd seen my father. He was a poor man, and I watched him do astonishing things.

When asked what was the proper time for supper: If you are a rich man, whenever you please; and if you are a poor man, whenever you can.

The more humanity owes the poor man, the more society denies him.

I must confess that I am interested in leisure in the same way that a poor man is interested in money.

Truth is not only a man's ornament but his instrument; it is the great man's glory, and the poor man's stock: a man's truth is his livelihood, his recommendation, his letters of credit.

However rich I may have been, I have always lived like a poor man.

When you are a rich man you are proud to own a Rolls Royce and when you are a poor man you are proud to own a Renault.

The poor man wishes to conceal his poverty, and the rich man his wealth: the former fears lest he be despised, the latter lest he be plundered.

O, how wretched is that poor man that hangs on princes' favors.

With parsimony a little is sufficient; without it nothing is sufficient; but frugality makes a poor man rich.

The poor man who enters into a partnership with one who is rich makes a risky venture.

A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man's heart through half the year.

Yes, in the poor man's garden grow Far more than herbs and flowers - Kind thoughts, contentment, peace of mind, And Joy for weary hours.

Be grateful that the poor man is there, so that by making a gift to him you are able to help yourself

Hazard not your wealth on a poor man's advice.

I am a poor man, but I have this consolation: I am poor by accident, not by design.

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.

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.

I would rather be a serf in a poor man's house and be above ground than reign among the dead.

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.

Ability is a poor man's wealth.

If a thief helps a poor man out of the spoils of his thieving, we must not call that charity.

The story of a poor man's life is written on his body, in a sharp pen.

Nature's law, That man was made to mourn. Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn! O Death, the poor man's dearest friend, The kindest and the best!