Quotes about Poverty
Didn't God choose the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom He has promised to those who love Him? James 2:5
— Beth Moore
You cannot sift out the poor from the community. The poor are indispensable to the rich.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Income inequity has to be addressed.
— Joe Biden
As a conservative, I believe we must wage war upon the brute forces of poverty and need--and this, of course, is actually waging peace. I believe we can wage peace most effectively by standing firmly for right, freedom, and justice.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Christ said there is a happiness in that acknowledgement of spiritual poverty which lets God come into our souls.
— Billy Graham
Death reduces all men to the same rank. It strips the rich of his millions and the poor man of his rags . . .Death knows no age limits, no partiality. It is a thing that all men fear.
— Billy Graham
All the nations that make up the world are burdened down with riches or poverty, obesity or malnutrition, success or failure.
— Billy Graham
I have often said that loneliness is the predominant attitude in our culture. A person can be lonely in the midst of a party; he can be lonely in a crowd. Loneliness may be experienced by the rich and famous or the poor and unknown.
— Billy Graham
How can men boast that they control their own destiny when they cannot solve the problems of war, racism, poverty, sickness, or suffering?
— Billy Graham
In 2004, Americans spent about $46 billion to lose weight and $22 billion on cosmetics. Those expenditures alone would make the difference between life and death for the people of the world who are dying of starvation
— Billy Graham
I believe one reason that God allows poverty and suffering is so that His followers may demonstrate Christ's love, mercy, and comfort to [others].
— Billy Graham
The fellow that has no money is poor. The fellow that has nothing but money is poorer still.
— Billy Sunday