Poor Quotes

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We also know that the various faith-based institutions provide about 50 per cent of the health and education services in the poor communities; we also… — Thoraya Obaid
Humility, or poverty of spirit, is not a matter of thinking low thoughts about ourselves. It is not a matter of groveling in the dust.… — Unknown Author
All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is… — Plato
Whoever desires is always poor. — Claudius Claudianus
And though you should live in a palace of gold, or sleep in a dried up ditch, You could never be as poor as the… — Rose Fyleman
Let us become like Christ, since Christ became like us. He assumed the worse that He might give us the better; He became poor that… — Gregory of Nazianzus
Once in royal David's city Stood a lowly cattle shed, Where a Mother laid her Baby In a manger for His bed: Mary was that… — Cecil Frances Alexander
An unreflective mind is a poor roof. Passion, like the rain, floods the house. But if the roof is strong, there is shelter. Whoever follows… — Gautama Buddha
Sorrow may be a good thing for a woman's heart, but it is a poor cosmetic for her face. — Austin O'Malley
Young children are unlikely to have their self-esteem strengthened from excessive praise or flattery. On the contrary, it may raise some doubts in children; many… — Lilian Katz
And a democracy, I suppose, comes into being when the poor, winning the victory, put to death some of the other party, drive out others,… — Plato
A tight-money policy reinforces inequality in two ways. Its high interest rates disproportionately reward the rich, and the resulting unemployment disproportionately punishes the poor. — Linda McQuaig
If you want poor people to work you restore their incentive by giving them less, such as by cutting social services. If you want rich… — Jim Stanford
The poor lack much, the greedy everything. — Publilius Syrus
You know what they say - sleep is the mother's drug of choice, but like heroin, only the very rich and the very poor can… — Elissa Schappell
All I know is, if I don't care about the poor, if my church doesn't care about the poor, that's evil. — Timothy Keller
Freedom is partial to no race. Freedom has no religion. Freedom favors no ethnicity. Freedom discriminates not between rich and poor countries. Inevitably freedom will… — Eskinder Nega
The public doesnâ€™t have to be hostile to the rich. â€˜Robbing the rich to help the poorâ€™ will only drive the rich away to other… — Zong Qinghou
Immigration, a lexicon. You're a 'migrant' when you're very poor; 'immigrant' when you're not so poor; and 'expat' when you're rich. — Laila Lalami
The covetous man is always poor. — Claudius Claudianus

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