Poverty Sayings and Quotes
Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Poverty quotes, Poverty sayings, and Poverty proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.
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A weed is a plant we've found no use for yet. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) "And what is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered."
All in good time. -- Horace (65-8 BC)
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm. -- Publilius Syrus (c.42 B.C.)
At the bottom of patience one finds heaven. -- Kanuri (West African) (on patience)
At the gate of patience there is no crowding. -- Moroccan (on patience)
Bear and forbear. -- unknown
By diligence and patience, the mouse bit in two the cable. -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Don't cross the bridge til you come to it. -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
Don't cry before you are hurt. -- Scottish Proverb
Don't expect things to go right the first time. -- unknown
Don't halloo until you're out of the wood. -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Don't let anyone get your goat. -- unknown
Don't put the cart before the horse. -- John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
Don't rush the river. -- unknown; appeared in a horoscope on Dec 2nd, 2003. Thanks to jenfromblock28. The river may be life or it may be financial wealth or it may be your desires.
Drive gently over the stones. -- Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
Everything comes to those who wait. -- unknown
Genius is only a great aptitude for patience. -- Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon (1707-1788)
God did not create hurry. -- Finnish (on balance and moderation)
Grain by grain a loaf, stone by stone, a castle. -- Yugoslavian (on patience)
Haste has no blessing. -- Swahili (East African) (on patience)
Haste makes waste. -- John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
Hasty climbers have sudden falls. -- Robert Greene (c.1560-1592)
Keep your shirt on. -- American Saying
Never change horses in midstream. -- Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Never cut what can be untied. -- Portuguese Proverb
One step at a time. -- unknown
Patience is a virtue. -- unknown
Patience is bitter but its fruit is sweet. -- French Proverb
Patience is the companion of wisdom. -- St. Augustine (354-430)
The continuous drip polishes the stone. -- Peruvian (on patience)
The more you ask how much longer it will take, the longer the journey seems. -- Maori (on journeys; Ed. Note: Parents everywhere can certainly relate to this saying!)
The remedy against bad times is to have patience with them. -- Arabic (on patience)
The salt of patience seasons everything. -- Italian (on patience)
What may not be altered is made lighter by patience. -- Horace (65-8 BC)