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Poor Quotes by Henry Ward Beecher
- He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
- You cannot sift out the poor from the community. The poor are indispensable to the rich.
- A very common flower adds generosity to beauty. It gives joy to the poor, to the rude, and to the multitudes who could have no…
- Rich men are to bear the infirmities of the poor, and wise are to bear the mistakes of the ignorant.
- A man's ledger does not tell what he is, or what he is worth. Count what is in man, not what is on him, if…
- A coat that is not used, the moths eat; and a Christian who is hung up so that he shall not be tempted-the moths eat…
- The sun does not shine for a few trees, and flowers, but for the wide world's joy. The lonely pine on the mountain-top waves its…
- No man can tell if he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a man rich. He…
More Poor Quotes
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and… — Saint Augustine
- Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony. — Jane Austen
- My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants; so much… — Teresa of Avila
- Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress. — Francis Bacon
- Gerald Boyd was a classic specimen of the self-made man. Born poor, he worked and studied his way up out of poverty… — Russell Baker
- Pride in the case of a rich man is bad, but pride in the case of a poor man is worse. — Abu Bakr
- I still think I'm like the poor girl from Colorado who worked three jobs to buy a car. That's still my mentality,… — Amy Adams
- Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor. — James A. Baldwin
- A man is a poor creature compared to a woman. — Honore de Balzac
- But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment; the one being essentially restricted, like everything that is positive, while the other… — Honore de Balzac
- I think that age as a number is not nearly as important as health. You can be in poor health and be… — Bob Barker