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title: "18 God Poor Quotes by 18 authors"
description: "Browse 18 God Poor quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best God Poor sayings and thoughts."
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> [“He only who is reduced to nothing in himself, and relies on the mercy of God is poor in spirit”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-calvin/he-only-who-is-reduced-to-nothing-in-himself-and-relies-on-the-mercy/)

[John Calvin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-calvin/)

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> [My mother raised me with God. We were poor financially, but we were rich spiritually.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mr-t/my-mother-raised-me-with-god-we-were-poor-financially-but-we-were/)

[Mr. T](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mr-t/)

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> [Without Satan, with God only, how poor a universe, how trite a music!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olaf-stapledon/without-satan-with-god-only-how-poor-a-universe-how-trite-a-music/)

[Olaf Stapledon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olaf-stapledon/)

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> [He that overcometh shall inherit all things. God has no poor children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwight-l-moody/he-that-overcometh-shall-inherit-all-things-god-has-no-poor-children/)

[Dwight L. Moody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwight-l-moody/)

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> [silence is the language of god, all else is poor translation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/silence-is-the-language-of-god-all-else-is-poor-translation/)

[Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/)

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> [“Finding god in the poor is easy. Divinity doesn’t dwell in the rich. It can’t stand them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myriam-gurba/finding-god-in-the-poor-is-easy-divinity-doesn-t-dwell-in-the-rich-it/)

[Myriam Gurba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myriam-gurba/)

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> [Man can only describe God in his own poor language.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/man-can-only-describe-god-in-his-own-poor-language/)

[Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/)

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> [You bear God within you, poor wretch, and know it not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/you-bear-god-within-you-poor-wretch-and-know-it-not/)

[Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/)

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> [“All men are by nature equal, and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/all-men-are-by-nature-equal-and-however-we-deceive-ourselves-as-dear/)

[Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/)

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> [God made poor woman with no heart, But gave her skill, and tact, and art, And so she lives, and plays her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ella-wheeler-wilcox/god-made-poor-woman-with-no-heart-but-gave-her-skill-and-tact-and-art/)

[Ella Wheeler Wilcox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ella-wheeler-wilcox/)

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> [Can a man be poor if he is free from want, if he does not covet the belongings of others, if he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-minucius-felix/can-a-man-be-poor-if-he-is-free-from-want-if-he-does-not-covet-the/)

[Marcus Minucius Felix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-minucius-felix/)

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> [We think we have to prove our allegiance to God by being poor. Many years ago, my own psychic development teacher taught…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/echo-bodine/we-think-we-have-to-prove-our-allegiance-to-god-by-being-poor-many/)

[Echo Bodine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/echo-bodine/)

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> [Faith is a fruit, work, or gift of the Spirit of God, whereby a poor soul is enabled through the mighty operation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bunyan/faith-is-a-fruit-work-or-gift-of-the-spirit-of-god-whereby-a-poor/)

[John Bunyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bunyan/)

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> [“Yes, they certainly are poor — Oh, my God, how poor! At the same time, never a sound comes from their room.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fyodor-dostoyevsky/yes-they-certainly-are-poor-oh-my-god-how-poor-at-the-same-time-never/)

[Fyodor Dostoyevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fyodor-dostoyevsky/)

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> [“There are over 700 known dead so far. One hurricane. And how many people has it hurt? How many are going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-e-butler/there-are-over-700-known-dead-so-far-one-hurricane-and-how-many/)

[Octavia E. Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-e-butler/)

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> [It is not God but the Devil who is in charge of the international situation and those who are working for God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramsay-macdonald/it-is-not-god-but-the-devil-who-is-in-charge-of-the-international/)

[Ramsay MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramsay-macdonald/)

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> [“Alas, God's poor ministers are just as much in the dark as we are. You must believe like old women believe, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-chevallier/alas-god-s-poor-ministers-are-just-as-much-in-the-dark-as-we-are-you/)

[Gabriel Chevallier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-chevallier/)

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> [God blesses those who are poor and realize their need for him, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs ! Believers who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-rambharack/god-blesses-those-who-are-poor-and-realize-their-need-for-him-for-the/)

[Glen Rambharack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-rambharack/)

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                        "text": "“There are over 700 known dead so far. One hurricane. And how many people has it hurt? How many are going to starve later because of destroyed crops? That’s nature. Is it God? Most of the dead are the street poor who have nowhere to go and who don’t hear the warnings until it’s too late for their feet to take them to safety. Where’s safety for them anyway? Is it a sin against God to be poor?”",
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