Our Poverty Quotes

24 Our Poverty quotes by 20 unique authors

It is a most certain truth, that the richer we see ourselves to be, confessing at the same time our poverty, the greater will be… — Teresa of Avila
Prayer is God's answer to our poverty, not a power we exercise to obtain an answer. — Oswald Chambers
Our poverty will be brought home to us to its full extent only after the war. — Joseph A. Schumpeter
We should not so much esteem our poverty as a misfortune, were it not that the world treats it so much as a crime — Christian Nestell Bovee
Do not romanticize the poor...We are all people, human beings subject to the same temptations and faults as all others. Our poverty damages our dignity. — Cesar Chavez
If rich, it is easy enough to conceal our wealth; but, if poor, it is not quite so easy to conceal our poverty. We shall… — Charles Caleb Colton
The truth is that the want of common education with us is not from our poverty, but from the want of an orderly system. More… — Thomas Jefferson
Give me ... a compassionate heart, quickly moved to grieve for the woes of others and to active pity for them, even as our Lord… — Johann Arndt
We have said we will never collapse, never ever. We may have our droughts, our poverty, but as a people we shall never collapse, never… — Robert Mugabe
Museums are just a lot of lies, and the people who make art their business are mostly imposters. We have infected the pictures in museums… — Pablo Picasso
I have declared war on the rich who prosper on our poverty, the politicians who lie to us with smiling faces, and all the mindless,… — Assata Shakur
One day there springs up the desire for money and for all that money can provide - the superfluous, luxury in eating, luxury in dressing,… — Mother Teresa
It is not the high summer alone that is God's. The winter also is His. And into His winter He came to visit us. And… — George MacDonald
Love is the epiphany of God in our poverty. — Thomas Merton
In spite of our poverty and our economic dependence, we do not have to give in, neither because we are sometimes abandoned nor because of… — Omar Bongo
Almsgiving above all else requires money, but even this shines with a brighter luster when the alms are given from our poverty. The widow who… — Saint John Chrysostom
Our poverty is freedom. This is our poverty - the giving up our freedom to dispose of things, to choose, to possess — Mother Teresa
Poverty does not create our social problems...our social problems create our poverty. — Marco Rubio
Poverty is only contemptible when it is felt to be so. Doubtless the best way to make our poverty respectable is to seem never to… — Christian Nestell Bovee
The great have private feelings of their own, to which the interests of humanity and justice must curtsy. Their interests are so far from being… — William Hazlitt
Our defeat was always implicit in the victory of others; our wealth has always generated our poverty by nourishing the prosperity of others - the… — Eduardo Galeano
For Ragamuffins, God's name is Mercy. We see our darkness as a prized possession because it drives us into the heart of God. Without mercy… — Brennan Manning
The deeper we grow in the Spirit of Jesus Christ, the poorer we become - the more we realize that everything in life is a… — Brennan Manning
The second truism that we must understand is that poverty does not create our social problems, our social problems create our poverty. — Marco Rubio

Who Wrote These Our Poverty Quotes

20 authors contributed a total of 24 Our Poverty Quotes as follows: