The Poor Quotes

The poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.

When fewer workers have unions, the standard of living falls for everyone and the gap between the rich and poor grows.

The whole world knows that His glory has not been spread by force and weapons, but by poor fishermen.

To be rich in friends is to be poor in nothing

Conservatives say if you don't give the rich more money, they will lose their incentive to invest. As for the poor, they tell us they've lost all incentive because we've given them too much money.

I am poor and feeble, persecuted and vulnerable, Yeshua conquered me, and with the New Man he honored me, He delivered me from the poverty-stricken self with his great love, he cherishes me.

When the rich [and politically powerful] make war, it's the poor [and politically weak] who die.

It would be a poor thing to be an atom in a universe without physicists, and physicists are made of atoms. A physicist is an atom's way of knowing about atoms.

The truth about it is, whether we is rich or poor or something in between, this earth ain't no final restin place. So in a way, we is all homeless - just workin our way toward home.

Living a healthy lifestyle will only deprive you of poor health, lethargy, and fat.

A house without books is a poor house, even if beautiful rugs are covering its floors and precious wallpapers and pictures cover its walls

A poor logo doesn't mean a business will fail, and a good logo doesn't mean it will succeed - it just helps. Ultimately a good logo is something that people recognize instantly and relate to.

I am the product of many whose lives have touched mine, from the famous, distinguished, and powerful to the little known and the poor.

We must not only be patient with others, infinitely patient, but also with our own poor selves.

Women do two thirds of the world's work. Yet they earn only one tenth of the world's income and own less than one percent of the world's property. They are among the poorest of the world's poor.

Far from being a “luxury for the rich,” organic farming may turn out to be a necessity not just for the poor, but for everyone.

Each time we look upon the poor, on the farmworkers who harvest the coffee, the sugarcane, or the cotton... remember, there is the face of Christ.

Open the doors to all. Let the children of the rich and the poor take their seats together and know of no distinction save that of industry, good conduct, and intellect.

Poetry is priceless.... a way of keeping yourself feeling rich and civilized even when you're quite poor.

As a rule, only the poor are generous.

All my life I have been happiest when the folks watching me said to each other, 'Look at the poor dope, wilya?

Corruption is a cancer that steals from the poor, eats away at governance and moral fibre and destroys trust.

You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.

If you are poor, live wisely. If you have riches, live wisely. It is not your station in life but your heart that brings blessings.

I just love cars; Ive been like that since I was a kid. Its an infatuation because we grew up poor. Cars was something we were always trying to get.

Poor is the power of the lead that becomes bullets compared to the power of the hot metal that becomes types.

I'm so poor I can't even pay attention.

As with eggs, there is no such thing as a poor doctor, doctors are either good or bad.

Whatever a man has in superabundance is owed, of natural right, to the poor for their sustenance.

Charity separates the rich from the poor; aid raises the needy and sets him on the same level with the rich.

People aren't really poor until they start using water on their corn flakes.

The great thing about serving the poor is that there is no competition.

The issue of poverty is not a statistical issue. It is a human issue.

Failing to remember is the primary reason for most performers' poor practising habits.

Whenever your preparations for the sea are poor; the sea worms its way in and finds the problems.

The poor old Duke [of Wellington]! What shall I say of him? To be sure he was born in Ireland, but being born in a stable does not make a man a horse.

Unlike money, hope is all: for the rich as well as for the poor.

A friend from India told me that a countryman of his said: "I want to go to America. I want to see a country where poor people are fat."

Microfinance recognizes that poor people are remarkable reservoirs of energy and knowledge

Eyes and ears are poor witnesses to people if they have uncultured souls.

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

The way to turn our economy around is not by making rich people poorer, it's by making poor people richer.

What we give to the poor, we lend to the Lord.

The truth is that after several decades of neoliberalism, the rich are becoming increasingly richer while the poor are both more numerous and increasingly poorer.

Poverty, the existence of the poor, was the first cause of riches.

The poor, the unsuccessful, the unhappy, the unhealthy are the ones who use the word tomorrow the most.

Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich.

Pay attention to the hungry, both in this country and around the world. Pay attention to the poor. Pay attention to our responsibilities for world peace. We are our brother's keeper.

Every single progressive education fad of the past thirty years has hurt poor black children.

What we give to the poor for Christ's sake, is what we carry with us when we die.