Quotes about Poorest
He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.
- 2 Kings 24:14
But the captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.
- 2 Kings 25:12
When all the commanders and men of the armies in the field heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam over the land and that he had put him in charge of the men, women, and children who were the poorest of the land and had not been exiled to Babylon,
- Jeremiah 40:7
Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile some of the poorest people and those who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the craftsmen.
- Jeremiah 52:15
But Nebuzaradan captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.
- Jeremiah 52:16
We owe Christ to the world--to the least person and to the greatest person, to the richest person and to the poorest person, to the best person and to the worst person. We are in debt to the nations.
- David Platt
When combined with information and communication technologies, microcredit can unleash new opportunities for the world's poorest entrepreneurs and thereby revitalize the village economies they serve.
- Madeleine Albright
One corporate executive faced this spiritual crisis and went on a pilgrimage to Calcutta, India, to seek the advice of Mother Teresa. She spoke sharply with him. She told him to go back home to Wisconsin and be a good CEO so that his company might prosper and keep many people gainfully employed. "Bloom where you're planted," she told him, so that in Milwaukee the Missionaries of Charity would never find "the poorest of the poor.
- Scott Hahn