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John Hope Bryant Quotes:

John Hope Bryant quotes

Ocupation: Author

Life: b. February 6, 1966

Birthday: February 6

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You can make money two ways - make more, or spend less.

Topics: Two, Way, Making Money

quote there is a difference between broke and being poor being broke is a temporary economic john hope bryant Quotes

Poverty is not what's in your pocket - its what you have in your head.

Topics: Pockets, Poverty

There is a difference between broke and being poor. Being broke is a temporary economic condition, but being poor is a disabling frame of mind and a depressed condition of your spirit, and you must vow to never, ever be poor again.

Topics: Differences, Mind, Spirit, Being Broke, Temporary Situations

Love created this world, & the lack of it can kill it. Selfishness, self-absorption , arrogance & indifference never built anything.

Topics: Self, Arrogance, World, Self Absorption

Poverty is about low, self-esteem and a lack of role models and opportunities. Without money, people resort to de-dignifying activities in order to support themselves. We free people through education and entrepreneurship. Freedom is self-determination, and you can't self-determine without understanding money and capitalism.

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Topics: Education, Money, Determination, Causes Of Poverty

If you’re not passionate about what you’re doing, you need to stop doing it. You aren’t living your truth.

Topics: Doing You, Needs, Passionate

Do more and understand that all wealth came from poor people either as the entrepreneurs or the consumers who buy the product that keeps the entrepreneurs in business.

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Topics: People, Entrepreneur, Wealth

If you hang with 9 broke people, you'll be the 10th.

Topics: People, Broke, Ifs

Dr. King once said, "You cannot legislate goodness, and you cannot pass a law to force someone to respect you. The only way to social justice, in a capitalist country, is through economic parity."

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Topics: Country, Kings, Law, Parity

Without financial literacy, divorce rates soar, families rupture, and women stay with abusive men for financial security. A lack of jobs contributes to riots and illegal activity. Name any situation and it goes back to money. We need to focus on poverty eradication.

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Topics: Jobs, Divorce, Men, Rupture, Divorce Rates

Dr. King organized the Poor People's Campaign in 1968 to shut down Washington, D.C. and force legislators to tackle poverty. His efforts to shift focus from civil to silver rights were interrupted by his untimely death. He fought ardently for Black rights, but he also recognized financial literacy as the key to an America that was truly free for all people.

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Topics: Kings, Keys, Rights, Financial Literacy, Untimely Death

Silver rights aren't as dramatic and captivating as civil rights. The movement isn't good TV and it's boring or inaccessible to many people. The forums were created to spread awareness, dialogue, and community to forge new partnerships and ideas.

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Topics: Ideas, Rights, People, Captivating

Everyone wants dignity. And today the mission of HOPE is ‘silver rights,’or making the free enterprise system work for the least of these God’s children, and why we believe that the new definition of freedom today is self-determination.

source: - "Defining Financial Literacy in a New Economic Age" by John Hope Bryant, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 23, 2013.

Topics: Determination, Self, Definitions

For many years, I believed racism in America was dead and that opportunity existed for all. My beliefs were shaken when the Rodney King officers were acquitted.

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Topics: Kings, Opportunity, Years, Racism In America

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