Poor Quotes

Success in life comes not from holding a good hand, but in playing a poor hand well.

This erosion of the middle class is happening all over the place. The opening of a wider gap between rich and poor is always accompanied by such a process.

The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world.

It is but a poor eloquence which only shows that the orator can talk.

Live rich, die poor; never make the mistake of doing it the other way round.

But, alas! what poor Woman is ever taught that she should have a higher Design than to get her a Husband?

I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.

Three thousand people died at ground zero. Their families are entitled to a little bit of respect, to respect the memory of those poor people that died there. And how about the families of all those soldiers that died in the two ensuing wars? Aren't they entitled to a little bit of respect - the kids, the wives, the parents?

Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.

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.

There really has not been a strong Republican message to either the poor or the African American community at large.

If you're in trouble, or hurt or need - go to the poor people. They're the only ones that'll help - the only ones.

If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottage princes' palaces.

All the asylum clothing is made by the patients, but sewing does not employ one's mind. After several months' confinement the thoughts of the busy world grow faint, and all the poor prisoners can do is to sit and ponder over their hopeless fate.

If you neglect those who are currently poor and stable, you may create more poor and unstable people. There has been a tremendous concentration of donor interest in countries that are seen as particularly fragile - but it becomes harder to mobilise money for sub-Saharan, plain poor countries.

This paperback is very interesting, but I find it will never replace a hardcover book - it makes a very poor doorstop.

All the United States, it is a society that is split like to the bottom, that had very poor people in the country that is one of the wealthiest countries.

It is clear that the pharmaceutical industry is not, by any stretch of the imagination, doing enough to ensure that the poor have access to adequate medical care.

Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.

Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.

We can be poor in spirit, and I don't even consider myself wealthy, which is an interesting thing, it can be here today and gone tomorrow.

You have to be very rich or very poor to live without a trade.

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.

But when others suggested that the poor should not simply be the objects of these programs but also the subjects - that they should be actively involved in shaping the programs, making decisions about how to spend the money etc. - some of the previous supporters reconsidered.

Poor people have more fun than rich people, they say; and I notice it's the rich people who keep saying it.

I do remember how it was to be poor. I do remember that in my early years, we had to grow and raise all of our food, even our animals. And I remember in my early life, we didn't even have electricity. So it was very, very hard times then.

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

If you see oppression of the poor, and justice and righteousness trampled in a country, do not be astounded.

Sadly, because of the enormous gap between rich and poor, some mothers can afford helpers, but many can't. Those who can would be kinder to refrain from criticizing other women.

Clothes make the poor invisible. America has the best-dressed poverty the world has ever known.