If you want to help the poor, don't be poor

If you really want to help the poor, help the rich. They're the ones who will invest, build more factories, create more jobs.

— William E. Simon

My especial object is to help the poor; the rich can help themselves. I believe in self-made men.

— Joseph Pulitzer

We know that kids who grow up in an environment of warmth and support will thrive and function in whatever environment they find themselves.…

— Alison Gopnik

The rich in spirit help the poor in one grand brotherhood, all having the same Principle, or Father; and blessed is that man who…

— Mary Baker Eddy

If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as…

— Stephen Colbert

Our efforts to help the poor does not mean we're going to eradicate poverty.

— Rick Warren

The best way to help the poor is not to become one of them

— Anonymous

If you don't want your tax dollars to help the poor, then stop saying that you want a country based on Christian values. Because…

— Anonymous

Quite often when you help poor people, they don't think about the environment. They think about survival.

— Wangari Maathai

Funding from rich countries to help the poor and vulnerable adapt to climate change is not even one percent of what is needed. This…

— Barbara Stocking

I will continue to find ways to help poor people find a job, get a job, and learn someday to own the job.

— Newt Gingrich

You can't help the poor by becoming one of them.

— Brian Tracy

I am a sensitive person, so it is actually saddening to learn that these poverty-stricken families are most of the time mistreated or looked…

— Hillary Clinton

If we Christians would join the Wise Men, we must close our eyes to all that glitters before the world and look rather on…

— Martin Luther

For all of us, it's very hard to think about money, and because of that, we need help. In the same way that for…

— Dan Ariely