Quotes about Poverty
We have come to understand why it is so necessary to repeat the admonition of this verse. When Satan cannot suppress the preaching of the Gospel by force he tries to accomplish his purpose by striking the ministers of the Gospel with poverty.
— Martin Luther
We have come to understand why it is so necessary to repeat the admonition of this verse. When Satan cannot suppress the preaching of the Gospel by force he tries to accomplish his purpose by striking the ministers of the Gospel with poverty. He curtails their income to such an extent that they are forced out of the ministry because they cannot live by the Gospel. Without ministers to proclaim the Word of God the people go wild like savage beasts.
— Martin Luther
Every city should support its own poor, and if it was too small, the people in the surrounding villages should also be urged to contribute
— Martin Luther
The poor in our countries have been shut out of our minds and driven from the mainstream of our societies, because we have allowed them to become invisible.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The curse of poverty has no justification in our age.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
It is a tragic mix-up when the United States spends $500,000 for every enemy soldier killed, and only $53 annually on the victims of poverty.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Loves conquers all things except poverty and toothache.
— Mae West
The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.
— Mother Teresa
A golden spoon is useless when the soup bowl is empty.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Life is a gift for the wise, a playground for the foolish, a heaven for the rich, and a hell for the poor.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend my life as long as possible.
— Michelangelo
Divorce is one of the key predictors of poverty for a child growing up in a home that's broken.
— Mike Huckabee