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Poverty: Quotations from Burning Words

The world's proverb is, "God help the poor, for the rich can help themselves; " but to our mind, it is just the rich who have most need of Heaven's help. Dives in scarlet is worse off than Lazarus in rags, unless Divine love shall uphold him.— C. H. SPURGEON

There is not such a mighty difference as some men imagine between the poor and the rich; in pomp, show, and opinion, there is a great deal, but little as to the pleasures and satisfactions of life. They enjoy the same earth and air and heavens; hunger and thirst make the poor man's meat and drink as pleasant and relishing as all the varieties which cover the rich man's table; and the labor of a poor man is more healthful, and many times more pleasant, too, than the ease and softness of the rich. the rich— BISHOP SHERLOCK

It was Lazarus faith, not his poverty, which brought him into Abraham's bosom.— TRENCH

It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man.— W. IRVING

As no one can adventure nearer the throne of God by virtue of his rank, his wealth, or his talent, so no one is kept farther from that throne by his low condition, or by his poverty of wealth, of learning, or of intellect. The prince and the sage are not more welcome to heaven than the poor and ignorant.— ALBERT BARNES

Aspirations pure and high- Strength to do and to endure - Heir of all the Ages, I- Lo! I am no longer poor!— JULIA C. R. DORR