Poor Man Quotes

171 Poor Man quotes by 128 unique authors

Let the good work go on. We must ever remember we are refining oil for the poor man and he must have it cheap and… — John D. Rockefeller
This is the gist of all worship: to be pure and to do good to others. He who sees Shiva in the poor, in the… — Swami Vivekananda
Do not stand on a high pedestal and take 5 cents in your hand and say, here, my poor man, but be grateful that the… — Swami Vivekananda
Cruel irony, the poor man tormented with hunger feeds those who plead his case. — Albert Camus
A gentleman doesn't have one set of manners for the house of a poor man and another for the house of someone with an income… — William Maxwell
When you are a rich man you are proud to own a Rolls Royce and when you are a poor man you are proud to… — Eric Cantona
There are those who argue that everything breaks even in this old dump of a world of ours. I suppose these ginks who argue that… — Bat Masterson
I'm for the poor man — all poor men, black and white, they all gotta have a chance. They gotta have a home, a job,… — Huey Long
The only difference between a rich man and a poor man, is that the poor man suffers uncomfortably, while the rich man suffers comfortably. — Swami Brahmananda
If it's that difficult for a rich man to get into heaven, think how terrible it must be for a poor man to get in… — Reverend Ike
You can’t lose with the stuff I use!”; “Some may say money is the root of all evil, but being in poverty is a damn… — Reverend Ike
The sweetest lives are those to duty wed, Whose deeds, both great and small Are close-knot strands of an unbroken thread There love ennobles all.… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
And many a poor man that has roved Loved and thought himself beloved From a glad kindness cannot take his eyes. — William Butler Yeats
Remember that you are an actor in a play, and that the Playwright chooses the manner of it: If he wants you to act a… — Epictetus
When asked what was the proper time for supper: If you are a rich man, whenever you please; and if you are a poor man,… — Diogenes
. . . the poor man, whom the law does not allow to take . . . a pair of shoes for his freezing feet,… — Marsilio Ficino
It is the lash of hunger which compels the poor man to submit. In order to live he must sell - 'voluntarily' sell - himself… — Johann Most
With parsimony a little is sufficient; without it nothing is sufficient; but frugality makes a poor man rich. — Seneca the Younger
The poor man is ruined as soon as he begins to ape the rich. — Publilius Syrus
The rich man in his castle, The poor man at his gate, God made them, high or lowly, And order'd their estate. — Cecil Frances Alexander
You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich. — Abraham Lincoln
When you are weary of praying, and do not receive, consider how often you have heard a poor man calling, and have not listened to… — Saint John Chrysostom
Money is one of the greatest instruments of freedom ever invented by man. It is money which in existing society opens an astounding range of… — Friedrich August von Hayek
I never met a rich man who was happy, but I have only very occasionally met a poor man who did not want to become… — Malcolm Muggeridge
If you've got a billion dollars and you're ungrateful, you're a poor man. If you have very little but you're grateful for what you have,… — Tony Robbins

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