Poor Quotes by Martin Luther

When God contemplates some great work, He begins it by the hand of some poor, weak, human creature, to whom He afterwards…

— Martin Luther

Angels are our true and trusty servants, performing offices and works that one poor miserable mendicant would be ashamed to do for…

— Martin Luther

I was increasingly compelled to see the war as an enemy of the poor and to attack it as such.

— Martin Luther

[The papists] ought to have sympathy with us weak, poor Christians, and not condemn us or make fun of us because we…

— Martin Luther

In the treatment of poverty nationally, one fact stands out: there are twice as many white poor as Negro poor in the…

— Martin Luther

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

— Martin Luther

Thus my learning is not my own; it belongs to the unlearned and is the debt I owe themMy wisdom belongs to…

— Martin Luther

This is the good and happy news, that Christ has paid for our sin, and through His suffering has redeemed us from…

— Martin Luther

Truly speech has wonderful strength and power, that through a mere word, proceeding out of the mouth of a poor human creature,…

— Martin Luther

Each day of the holidays comes bringing its own gifts. Open your heart, Untie the ribbons, and enjoy the contents! Were earth…

— Martin Luther

But know that to serve God is nothing else than to serve your neighbor and do good to him in love, be…

— Martin Luther

The fatuous idea that a person can be holy by himself denies God the pleasure of saving sinners. God must therefore first…

— Martin Luther

In a word, the Holy Scripture is the highest and best of books, abounding in comfort under all afflictions and trials. It…

— Martin Luther

The first thing I ask is that people should not make use of my name, and should not call themselves Lutherans but…

— Martin Luther

God scorns and mocks the devil, in setting under his very nose a poor, weak, human creature, mere dust and ashes, yet…

— Martin Luther

Sleep is a most useful and most salutary operation of nature. Scarcely any minor annoyance angers me more than the being suddenly…

— Martin Luther

It was with good reason that God commanded through Moses that the vineyard and harvest were not to be gleaned to the…

— Martin Luther

Lord God, I thank Thee that Thou hast been pleased to make me a poor and indigent man upon earth. I have…

— Martin Luther

I think that we've got to see that a riot is the language of the unheard. And, what is it that America…

— Martin Luther