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Poverty Quotes. Page 2 Thousands upon thousands are yearly brought into a state of real poverty by their great anxiety not to be thought poor. William Cobbett The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved. Mother Teresa He who knows how to be poor knows everything. Jules Michelet Debt is the worst poverty. Thomas Fuller Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that. Norman Vincent Peale We have grown literally afraid to be poor. We despise anyone who elects to be poor in order to simplify and save his inner life. If he does not join the general scramble and pant with the money-making street, we deem him spiritless and lacking in ambition. William James It would be nice if the poor were to get even half of the money that is spent in studying them. Bill Vaughan Poverty does not produce unhappiness: it produces degradation. George Bernard Shaw Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor. James Baldwin To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility. William Cobbett The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of poverty. Napoleon Hill If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin. Charles Darwin Abolish plutocracy if you would abolish poverty. Rutherford Hayes The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all of your time. Willem de Kooning It is easy enough to tell the poor to accept their poverty as God's will when you yourself have warm clothes and plenty of food and medical care and a roof over your head and no worry about the rent. But if you want them to believe you - try to share some of their poverty and see if you can accept it as God's will yourself! Thomas Merton |