Poor Quotes

Who is the poorest man in the world? I tell you, the poorest man I know of is the man who has nothing but money.

We have two useless gods who never leave our island, but like to dwell in it constantly, Poverty and Helplessness.

It is better to live under a tree in a jungle inhabited by tigers and elephants, to maintain oneself in such a place with ripe fruits and spring water, to lie down on grass and to wear the ragged barks of trees than to live amongst one’s relations when reduced to poverty.

Risk is a function of how poorly a strategy will perform if the ‘wrong’ scenario occurs.

Every man is rich or poor according to the degree in which he can afford to enjoy the necessaries, conveniences, and amusements of human life.

I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness.

You look back and see how hard you worked and how poor you were, and how desperately anxious you were to succeed, and all you can remember is how happy you were.

They say it is better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable, but how about a compromise like moderately rich and just moody?

I don’t have any extraordinary gifts. I’m just an average Joe who grew up very poor in rural Alabama.

Charity puts and end to poverty; righteous conduct to misery; discretion to ignorance; and scrutiny to fear.