Poor People: Considerable Quotes
Blessed is the one who finds wisdom,
And the one who gets understanding,
For the gain from her is better than gain from silver,
And her profit better than gold.
She is more precious than jewels,
And nothing you desire can compare with her.
Long life is in her right hand;
In her left hand are riches and honor.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
And all her paths are peace.
She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her;
Those who hold her fast are called blessed.
Proverbs 3:13-18 (ESV)
“What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.“ (Augustine)
“A church that does not exist to take the side of the poor, to denounce injustice and to hold up righteousness, is a church that has no right to be. Not for yourself, O church, do you exist, any more than Christ existed for Himself.” (Charles Spurgeon)
“I would rather go into the kingdom of heaven through the poor house than go down to hell in a golden chariot.“ (D.L. Moody)
“As a fresh start, the church should give away all her endowments to the poor and needy.“ (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
“Men feel that cruelty to the poor is a kind of cruelty to animals. They never feel that it is an injustice to equals; nay it is treachery to comrades.“ (G.K. Chesterton)
“The words which all of us shall one Day hear sound not of theology but of life, not of churches and saints, but of the hungry and the poor, not of creeds and doctrines, but of shelter and clothing, not of Bibles and prayer-books, but of cups of cold water in the Name of Christ.” (Henry Drummond)
“A lowly spirit is demonstrated when one associates with the poor. It is this spirit alone which does not despise any who are created by God. God's presence and glory is manifested in the life of the spiritually humble.” (Watchman Nee)
“The pleasures of the rich are bought with the tears of the poor.” (Thomas Fuller)
“Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.” (Thomas Jefferson)*
“No individual or nation can be great if it does not have a concern for 'The least of these.’ ” (Dr. Martin Luther King)
Poor People: Considerable Quotes (Part 33)
NOTE: God is my Ghostwriter. If what I write is good, it’s from God. You may see notes to 'Actors, Models & Talent for Christ.' If you think you're not in show business, think again. Shakespeare said, 'All the world's a stage and all its men and women merely players.’ Mostly true. But you're not merely players. You are messengers and ambassadors for the King of kings.
* Perhaps Thomas Jefferson did not know that a few animals eat their own kind, but his point is still justly aimed: http://theweek.com/articles/464891/7-animals-that-eat-kind