Poor Quotes

The rate of profit is naturally low in rich and high in poor countries, and it is always highest in the countries which are going fastest to ruin.

To one who asked what was the proper time for lunch, he said, “If a rich man, when you will; if a poor man, when you can.”

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

Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so. For, those, whom thou think’st thou dost overthrow. Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me.

The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book – it makes a very poor doorstop.

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 good.

Most jury trials are contests between the rich and poor.

What Is Love? I have met in the streets a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, the water passed through his shoes and the stars through his soul

I know I could never forgive myself if I elected to live without humane purpose, without trying to help the poor and unfortunate, without recognizing that perhaps the purest joy in life comes with trying to help others.

Our struggle is not easy. Those who oppose our cause are rich and powerful and they have many allies in high places. We are poor. Our allies are few. But we have something the rich do not own. We have our bodies and spirits and the justice of our cause as our weapons.