Edwin Percy Whipple Quotes

The church, the state, and the poor, are 3 daughters which we should maintain, but not portion off.

I'm poor, not homeless.

Of all God's creatures, Man alone is poor.

Those who know the normal life of the poor... will realize well enough that without economic security, liberty is not worth having.

A poor relation—is the most irrelevant thing in nature.

Poverty is not dishonorable in itself, but only when it comes from idleness, intemperance, extravagance, and folly.

Nobody would watch Lifestyles of the Poor and the Unknown.

The creditor whose appearance gladdens the heart of a debtor may hold his head in sunbeams and his foot on storms.

Poverty, the existence of the poor, was the first cause of riches.

I hope you will be benefitted by your churchgoing. Where the habit does not Christianize, it generally civilizes. That is reason enough for supporting churches, if there were no higher.

He hath eaten me out of house and home.

My kids don't have a trust fund, they have a debt fund. And when I die, they're $4 million in the hole.

I had rather be poor in His service than rich in my own.

Jesus tells you exactly how to get it. Put your money in missions-and in your church and the poor-and your heart will follow.

The profession of letters is, after all, the only one in which one can make no money without being ridiculous.

There are 43 million people who are locked into predatory student loan debt, from which there is no exit.

Once in debt, interest is your companion every minute of the day and night; you cannot shun it or slip away from it; you cannot dismiss it; it yields neither to entreaties, demands, or orders; and whenever you get in its way or cross its course or fail to meet its demands, it crushes you.

One who is by nature daring and is suffering from poverty will not long be law-abiding. Indeed, any men, save those that are truly good, if their sufferings are very great, will be likely to rebel.

Churches are tax exempt because they are supposed to provide a public good. To prove that good to the IRS, churches arent supposed to hoard their money. They are supposed to spend it on goods and services for the faithful. Under this pretense, the church has made massive investments in tax free real estate all over the world. And when it comes to labor costs, they are almost free.

I know the struggles of poor people, and have always kept that with me.

You're broke, eh?" I been shaking two nickels together for a month, trying to get them to mate.

I had to pawn my clothes just to pay my rent.

Dear young people, the Church expects great things of you and your generosity. Don’t be afraid to aim high.