Poor People Quotes - Page 9

• Rich people associate with positive, successful people. Poor people associate with negative or unsuccessful people.

  T. Harv Eker

  Successful, People, Negative

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• Those of us in the west have figured out a lot of ways to damage the lives of poor people in this country and around the world over the years.

  Bill McKibben

  Country, Years, People

  Source: theotherjournal.com

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• We want to begin in working-class neighborhoods. We want to test the concept there, because our idea is that fair trade should not just be for the elites, but for everyone, for the majority, for the poor people. Quality food for poor people. Why just quality for the rich? And at an equal price

  Victor Suarez Melendez

  Class, Ideas, People

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• I've heard that the best way to help poor people is to make sure you don't become one of them

  Robin S

  People, Way, Helping

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• Rich people invest money and poor people spend it.

  Grant Cardone

  Money, People, Rich

  FaceBook post by Grant Cardone from Mar 25, 2017

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• Sometimes we are tempted to find excuses and complain, acting as if we could only be happy if a thousand conditions were met...I can say that the most beautiful and natural expressions of joy which I have seen in my life were in poor people who had little to hold on to.

  Pope Francis

  Beautiful, Expression, People

  "Evangelii Gaudium". Book by Pope Francis, w2.vatican.va. November 24, 2013.

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• I was just very interested in the American frontier and the growth of capitalism - those enormous fortunes that were being made, more often than not, on the blood of poor people, black people, Indian people. They were the ones who paid very dearly for those great fortunes.

  Peter Matthiessen

  Blood, People, Black

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• Avoid debt that doesn’t pay you. Make it a rule that you never use debt that won’t make you money. I borrowed money for a car only because I knew it could increase my income. Rich people use debt to leverage investments and grow cash flows. Poor people use debt to buy things that make rich people richer.

  Grant Cardone

  Cash Flow, People, Car

  "How to become a millionaire by age 30" by Grant Cardone, www.businessinsider.com. November 13, 2014.

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• Rich people take advice from people who are richer than they are. Poor people take advice from their friends, who are just as broke as they are.

  T. Harv Eker

  People, Advice, Rich

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• Do not really like rich people, as they make us poor people feel dopey and inadequate. Not that we are poor. I would say we are middle. We are very, very lucky. I know that. But still, it is not right that rich people make us middle people feel dopey and inadequate.

  George Saunders

  People, Lucky, Rich

  George Saunders (2013). “Tenth of December: Stories”, p.81, Random House

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• Hip-hop is a voice for voiceless poor people.

  Russell Simmons

  Voice, People, Hip Hop

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. September 26, 2002.

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• The world is full of smart, poor people.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Smart, People, World

  FaceBook post by Robert Kiyosaki from Jan 23, 2012

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• Do you know that, until recently, poor people brought children into the world for the sole purpose of making use of them? But how can you change, by force or all of a sudden, an age-old habit? The only way is to plan births, by one means or another.

  Indira Gandhi

  Children, Mean, Old Habits

  Interview With Oriana Fallaci, sangam.org. December 24, 2014.

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• Rich people choose to get paid based on results. Poor people choose to get paid based on time.

  T. Harv Eker

  People, Rich, Poor

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• 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.

  John Hope Bryant

  Kings, Keys, Rights

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• Rich people collect land. Poor people collect bills.

  T. Harv Eker

  Land, People, Bills

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• Poverty is not created by poor people. It is produced by our failure to create institutions to support human capabilities.

  Muhammad Yunus

  People, Support, Poverty

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• Love is a concept invented by poor people.

  Brandon Wade

  Love Is, People, Poor

  "Dating website founder says love doesn't exist" by Brandon Wade, www.cnn.com. September 29, 2014.

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• The impact of all these restrictions is on poor women, because women who have means, if their state doesn't provide access, another state does. ... It makes no sense as a national policy to promote birth only among poor people.

  Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  Mean, Eugenics, Impact

  "Ruth Bader Ginsburg Thinks This Justice Is Responsible For Halting Access To Abortions" By Sam Levine, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 23, 2014.

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• Politics doesn't work. Look at the parts of America where government has had the most power, where government has spent the most money. Look at the housing projects we've got the poor people in.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Government, America, People

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• I met the president when he was president-elect at a meeting in Austin. He spoke of his faith. He spoke of his desire for a compassionate conservatism, for a faith-based initiative that would do something for poor people.

  Jim Wallis

  People, President, Desire

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• So it's a mistake for someone to think that they bailed New York out. They did assist us, for which we are grateful, but it's a mistake to say we bailed New York out by giving them a grant of money to help those poor people who throw it away on welfare.

  David Dinkins

  New York, Mistake, Grateful

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• Poor people have more fun than rich people, they say; and I notice it's the rich people who keep saying it.

  Jack Paar

  Fun, Vaccines, People

  JACK PAAR (1965). “THREE ON A RUSH”

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• I met Jay Jonhson. I won him the way poor people occasionally win the lottery: Shameless perseverance and embarrassingly dumb luck, and every time I see one of those sly, toothless, beaten-down souls on TV holding a winning ticket, I think, Go, team.

  Amy Bloom

  Perseverance, Team, Winning

  Amy Bloom (2010). “Where The God Of Love Hangs Out”, p.55, Granta Books

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• People in Medicaid ought to have access to the same insurance as the rest of the population. If they are segregated, it will be a poor plan for poor people.

  John Goodman

  People, Population, Poor

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