Poor Quotes
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Jesus was the poorest of the poor. Roman Catholicism, which claims to be His church, is the richest of the rich, the wealthiest institution on earth. () How come, that such an institution, ruling in the name of this same itinerant preacher, whose want was such that he had not even a pillow upon which to rest his head, is now so top-heavy with riches that she can rival - indeed, that she can put to shame - the combined might of the most redoubtable financial trusts, of the most potent industrial super-giants, and of the most prosperous global corporation of the world?
Avro Manhattan
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I would like to take the great DiMaggio fishing," the old man said. "They say his father was a fisherman. Maybe he was as poor as we are and would understand.
Ernest Hemingway
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The poor, who see no refuge or hope, cry aloud to a God who makes no reply, and then envy springs up in them when they consider the comforts and opportunities of the rich. They see the rich profligates, the wealthy fools, enjoying themselves unpunished. Turning to the teacher of religion, they meet the reply to their questioning of the justice which will permit such misery to those who did nothing requiring them to be born with no means, no opportunities for education, no capacity to overcome social, racial, or circumstantial obstacles, "It is the will of God."
William Quan Judge
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The sad fact is that people are poor because they have not yet decided to be rich. People are overweight and unfit because they have not yet decided to be thin and fit. People are inefficient time wasters because they haven't yet decided to be highly productive in everything they do.
Brian Tracy
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How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
William Shakespeare
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When a poor man, hungry and unseeing because his eyesight is failing, grabs me and starts begging, I feel the Nazi in myself. I abhor this man, and I want him to keep his hands off me.
George Stevens
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If there are people who feel that God wants them to change the structures of society, that is something between them and their God. We must serve him in whatever way we are called. I am called to help the individual; to love each poor person. Not to deal with institutions. I am in no position to judge.
Mother Teresa
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Not he who has little, but he whose wishes more, is poor.
Seneca the Younger
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When you're poor and black in America, you stand a greater chance of going to prison for something you didn't do.
Anthony Ray Hinton
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Those that much covet are with gain so fond, For what they have not, that which they possess They scatter and unloose it from their bond, And so, by hoping more, they have but less; Or, gaining more, the profit of excess Is but to surfeit, and such griefs sustain, That they prove bankrupt in this poor-rich gain.
William Shakespeare
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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
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I hate the poor and look forward eagerly to their extermination.
George Bernard Shaw
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Thus may poor fools Belive false teachers.
William Shakespeare
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Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.
William Penn
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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, whenever you can.
Diogenes
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Poor Kate,"said Constance,"she's lost her marbles.
Trenton Lee Stewart
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Unless we believe and see Jesus in the appearance of bread on the altar, we will not be able to see him in the distressing disguise of the poor.
Mother Teresa
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I prefer career artists that have spent time honing their craft, as opposed to, 'I won a karaoke contest on a reality show and now I have a record.' That's such a drag. The music that comes out of it is so poor.
Conor Oberst
Bright Eyes
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I don't think Steve Scalise has a racist bone in his body. Steve and I have worked on issues that benefit poor people, black people, white people, Jewish people. I know his character.
Cedric Richmond
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Why is it so hard for people to believe that white people are poor?! I wouldn't say I lived in a ghetto, I'd say I lived in the 'hood. The same friends I had back then are the same people on tour with me now.
Marshall Bruce Mathers III
Bad Meets Evil'
