Quotes about Poverty
A servant of God has but one Master. It ill becomes the servant to seek to be rich, and great, and honored in that world where his Lord was poor, and mean, and despised.
— George Muller
To a hungry man, a piece of bread is the face of God.
— Mahatma Gandhi
There's only one requirement for enjoying God's grace: being broke . . . and knowing it.
— Randy Alcorn
In their poverty, the mentally handicapped reveal God to us and hold us close to the gospel.
— Henri Nouwen
Gratitude is an offering precious in the sight of God, and it is one that the poorest of us can make and be not poorer but richer for having made it.
— AW Tozer
Precisely where I feel my poverty is where I discover God's blessing.
— Henri Nouwen
He who spins before the poor, inviting them to do likewise, serves God as no one else does.
— Mahatma Gandhi
True poverty does not come from God.
— Lyndon B. Johnson
All human governments are intended by God to do justice and mercy - to look after, in particular, the needs of the poor and disadvantaged.
— NT Wright
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
Never be diplomatic and careful about the treasure God gives. This is poverty triumphant.
— Oswald Chambers