Quotes about Poverty
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
We could also say that there is only one real kind of poverty: not living as children of God and brothers and sisters of Christ.
— Pope Francis
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