Poor Quotes · Page 13

War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

When the rich rage war it is the poor who die.

— Linkin Park

Partner with churches to assist the poor.

— Jim DeMint

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof.

— James Russell Lowell

“Valor is a poor substitute for numbers”

— George R.R. Martin

Live and think like a poor man and you'll always be OK.

— Gene Simmons

Is everything expensive or am I just that poor?

— Tanya Bianco

Whoever named it necking was a poor judge of anatomy.

— Groucho Marx

Shallow understanding accompanies poor compassion; great understanding goes with great compassion.

— Nhat Hanh

God has decreed that there be sick and poor in this world, but in the next it will be the other way…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The bible informs us, compels us to care for the poor, to love the outcast, to serve the needy.

— David Platt

Religion is a very personal thing for me. Religion has its good moments and its poor moments.

— Elie Wiesel

America's vast population of working poor can only get so poor before even Walmart is out of reach.

— George Packer

Human beings seem to be a poor invention. If they are the noblest works of God where is the ignoblest?

— Mark Twain

My Hinduism must be a very poor thing if it cannot flourish even under the most adverse influence.

— Mahatma Gandhi

If the rich could hire others to die for them we, the poor, would all make a nice living.

— Shimen Ruskin

Rich or poor, we all need organizations that can represent us; we all need modes of collective action when individual action does…

— Rohini Nilekani

Martin King was fundamentally committed to the least of these [poor, working people]. Of course, he was a Christian soldier for justice…

— Cornel West

Obviously, personal responsibility is important. But there's no evidence that people who are poor are less ambitious than anyone else. In fact,…

— Robert Reich

“poor ain’t poor unless you name it so & kids prefer playing to counting so there was never much time to wallow…

— Clint Smith

Who fathoms the Eternal Thought? Who talks of scheme and plan? The Lord is God! He needeth not The poor device of…

— John Greenleaf Whittier

Poor artist! You gave away part of your soul when you painted the picture which you are now trying to dispose of.

— Paul Gauguin

Nigeria has moved into low-middle-income, but their north is very poor, and the health care systems there have broken down.

— Bill Gates

Men who are scandalized at the lack of freedom in Russia do not ask themselves how real is liberty among the poor,…

— Emily Greene Balch

John Steinbeck's 'The Grapes of Wrath' also speaks urgently to today's concerns: the cratered trail of dreams for Mexican immigrants seeking a…

— Richard Corliss

I come from a really poor family, and when I started doing campaigns, it changed everything for my family. I am not…

— Noemie Lenoir

Well, you can do whatever you want, but just don’t call it inequality. Put the word poverty there. Because we have many…

— Branko Milanovic

All too many of those who live in affluent America ignore those who exist in poor America; in doing so, the affluent…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“The way to deeper knowledge of God is through the lonely valleys of soul poverty and abnegation of all things. The blessed…

— A.W. Tozer

Every living thing was shunning him. Poor little Peter Pan, he sat down and cried, and even then he did not know…

— James M. Barrie

I say no to a double standard that men can roam and women must stay put at home. I say no to…

— Esther Perel

I feel totally female. I didn't compete with men and I don't want to look like a man! I love being a…

— Louise Berliawsky Nevelson

Where money is an idol, to be poor is a sin.

— William Stringfellow

It's a poor thing to be sane!

— Donald Woods Winnicott

Me, poor man, my library Was dukedom large enough.

— William Shakespeare

Man can only describe God in his own poor language.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“Relief was a poor guide if ever there was one.”

— Ann Brashares

The poor should live by alms.

— Benedict Joseph Labre

Poor strangers, they have so much to be afraid of.

— Shirley Jackson

Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.

— Aesop