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Poverty Quotes by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.
- If we are to pray aright, perhaps it is quite necessary that we pray contrary to our own heart. Not what we want to pray…
- Desires to which we cling closely can easily prevent us from being what we ought to be and can be; and on the other hand,…
- God is in the manger, wealth in poverty, light in darkness, succor in abandonment. No evil can befall us; whatever men may do to us,…
- Desires repeatedly mastered for the sake of present duty make us richer. Lack of desire is poverty.
- The richness of God’s Word ought to determine our prayer, not the poverty of our heart.
- Bless them that persecute you.' If our enemy cannot put up with us any longer and takes to cursing us, our immediate reaction must be…
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- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything… — Francis of Assisi
- What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and… — Saint Augustine
- Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others. — Saint Augustine
- Poverty is the mother of crime. — Marcus Aurelius
- Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony. — Jane Austen
- It is a most certain truth, that the richer we see ourselves to be, confessing at the same time our poverty, the… — Teresa of Avila
- Chile has done a lot to rid itself of poverty, especially extreme poverty, since the return to democracy. But we still have… — Michelle Bachelet
- Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring… — Walter Bagehot
- 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
- Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor. — James A. Baldwin