822 Quotes About Poor

Time invested converts a pauper into a wealthy man

A Life of poverty is not as bad as it looks through the wealthy person's eye, neither is the life of the wealthy is as delightful as it looks through the poor's.

MAMA: You must not dislike people ’cause they well off, honey.BENEATHA: Why not? It makes just as much sense as disliking people ’cause they are poor, and lots of people do that.

PhD made me poorer, without money, but richer in thoughts.

When selecting a one-night stand, a heterosexual woman who is materialistic is a trillion times more likely to choose a sexually unattractive poor man who seems rich over a sexually attractive rich man who seems poor.

He had allowed the advertisers to multiply his wants; he had learned to equate happiness with possessions, and prosperity with money to spend in a shop.

Just like how most if not all poor boys look up to and aspire to someday be rich men, most if not all underdeveloped and developing countries look up to and aspire to someday be developed countries.

I understood that no matter how poor a person was, they could still afford a dream -Ricky C. Huntly (pg. 212 Chicken Soup for the Soul Living Your Dreams)

The question is, can poverty be simulated? Poverty, after all, is not just a question of having no money or no possessions. Poverty is about having no power. The battle of the poor and the powerless is one of reclamation, not renunciation.