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Quotes about Poverty

Precisely where I feel my poverty is where I discover God's blessing.
— Henri Nouwen
He who spins before the poor, inviting them to do likewise, serves God as no one else does.
— Mahatma Gandhi
True poverty does not come from God.
— Lyndon B. Johnson
All human governments are intended by God to do justice and mercy - to look after, in particular, the needs of the poor and disadvantaged.
— NT Wright
All plenty which is not my God is poverty to me.
— St. Augustine
I claim to know my millions. All the hours of the day I am with them. They are my first care and God that is to be found in the hearts of the dumb millions.
— Mahatma Gandhi
Never be diplomatic and careful about the treasure God gives. This is poverty triumphant.
— Oswald Chambers
We have not yet reached the goal but.. we shall soon, with the help of God, be in sight of the day when poverty shall be banished from this nation.
— Herbert Hoover
The desperately poor are not going to come to us to hear the Good News. We have to go to them.
— Jackie Pullinger
What is the good news to the poor? Christ took your poverty at the cross and gave you the riches of Abraham. The chains of poverty have been broken at the cross.
— John Hagee