Poor Quotes

We seek true individuality and the true individuals. But we find them not. For lo, we mortals see what our poor eyes can see; and they, the true individuals, - they belong not to this world of our merely human sense and thought.

I have committed my life to helping the poor, and I believe that if more companies followed Wal-Mart's lead in providing opportunity and savings to those who need it most, more Americans battling poverty would realize the American dream.

Christ preferred the poor; ever since I have been converted so have I.

No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.

If you look around Brazil you see pregnant women everywhere. Here you don't see that as much. There the only thing they do is babies, babies, babies! Especially the poor families.

No one is so miserable as the poor person who maintains the appearance of wealth.

Dependency arguments often come from elites - either aid agencies or governments - and say something about attitudes to poor people.

I'm concerned about - the oppression of the poor.

Television preachers extract money from the poor to live in a style and to indulge in shameful acts which equal or outdo the worst of the Renaissance Popes.

The shock caused by the September 11 events has also lead to a thorough reflection on the existing disparity between rich and poor countries, on the misery of populations of the South.

Substantive and procedural law benefits and protects landlords over tenants, creditors over debtors, lenders over borrowers, and the poor are seldom among the favored parties.

Luxury may possibly contribute to give bread to the poor; but if there were no luxury, there would be no poor.

Money is a poor man's credit card.

Quite a few, actually, are involved in education. They have had the same experience Hanna and I had: when they started having their own kids, they didn't want them to have a poor educational experience; they wanted them to enjoy school.

Poor air quality, which can be influenced by a variety of fumes, chemicals and allergens, is arguably the leading cause of triggers for most asthmatics in urban areas.

Surely our inaction with respect to Syria is a poor precedent if we're fighting a war on terror.

There should be more booing in shops and restaurants and places like that when when the service is bad. If you've had a poor breakfast in a hotel, you should put your knife and fork down and boo.

Today in India there are all sections of people, as the BJP realized when the poor voted them out.

You cannot sift out the poor from the community. The poor are indispensable to the rich.

He who hesitates is poor.

Is it right to shoot the poor prostitute or a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, or a man who loves another man?

The shock caused by the September 11 events has also lead to a thorough reflection on the existing disparity between rich and poor countries, on the misery of populations of the South.

They explained to me that the bank cannot lend money to poor people because these people are not creditworthy.

I believe we ought to subsidize some health care for the poor, but Medicare subsidizes everyone's health care.

I loved music, and in my ninth year at MIT, I decided to buy a hi-fi set. I figured that all I needed to do was look at the specifications. So I bought what looked like the best one, turned it on, and turned it off in five minutes, the sound was so poor.

I will say this, - though: If it is true that fusion will put unlimited amounts of energy into our hands, then I'm worried. Our record on this score is extremely poor.

To love one person with a private love is poor and miserable: to love all is glorious.

Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them.

If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.

There is one class of men, whom it especially behoves to be tenacious of the right of free discussion. I mean the poor.