Quotes about Poverty
A servant of God has but one Master. It ill becomes the servant to seek to be rich, and great, and honored in that world where his Lord was poor, and mean, and despised.
— George Muller
To a hungry man, a piece of bread is the face of God.
— Mahatma Gandhi
There's only one requirement for enjoying God's grace: being broke . . . and knowing it.
— Randy Alcorn
In their poverty, the mentally handicapped reveal God to us and hold us close to the gospel.
— Henri Nouwen
Gratitude is an offering precious in the sight of God, and it is one that the poorest of us can make and be not poorer but richer for having made it.
— AW Tozer
Precisely where I feel my poverty is where I discover God's blessing.
— Henri Nouwen
How many kinds of moral and material poverty we face today as a result of denying God and putting so many idols in his place!
— Pope Francis
Let us contemplate the humility of the Son of God born into poverty. Let us imitate him by sharing with those who are weak.
— Pope Francis
Let us pray that the Church be holier and more humble, loving God by serving the poor, the lonely and the sick.
— Pope Francis
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