Scarcity Quotes

• There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there's only scarcity of resolve to make it happen.

  Wayne Dyer

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Wayne W. Dyer (2009). “Everyday Wisdom for Success (Easyread Large Edition)”, p.205, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.

  Thomas Sowell

  Lessons, Politics, Want

  Thomas Sowell (1993). “Is Reality Optional?: And Other Essays”, Hoover Inst Press

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• The waste of plenty is the resource of scarcity.

  Thomas Love Peacock

  Waste, Resources, Plenty

  Thomas Love Peacock (1875). “The Works of Thomas Love Peacock: Including His Novels, Poems, Fugitive Pieces, Criticisms, Etc”, p.208

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• We live in an age of artificial scarcity, maintained by ignorance and fear.

  Robert Anton Wilson

  Ignorance, Age, Artificial

  Robert Anton Wilson (1992). “Right where You are Sitting Now: Further Tales of the Illuminati”, Ronin Publishing

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• The first step toward discarding a scarcity mentality involves giving thanks for everything that you have.

  Wayne Dyer

  Gratitude, Giving, Firsts

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• The poverty of our century is unlike that of any other. It is not, as poverty was before, the result of natural scarcity, but of a set of priorities imposed upon the rest of the world by the rich.

  John Berger

  Priorities, World, Poverty

  John Berger (2011). “Keeping a Rendezvous”, p.234, Vintage

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• My major problem with the world is a problem of scarcity in the midst of plenty ... of people starving while there are unused resources ... people having skills which are not being used.

  Milton Friedman

  Skills, People, Greed

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• In abundance prepare for scarcity.

  Mencius

  Money, Abundance

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• In a highly critical, scarcity-based world, everyone's afraid to fail. As long as we're afraid to fail, we'll never come up with the big, bold ideas we need to solve these problems.

  Brené Brown

  Ideas, Long, Needs

  "Brené Brown to Deliver Opening Keynote at EWlive14". Interview with Chantal Pierrat, blog.emergingwomen.com. July 1, 2014.

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• Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

  Samuel Johnson

  Inspirational, Education, Appreciation

  Samuel Johnson, Elizabeth Carter, Samuel Richardson, Catherine Talbot (1825). “The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752”, p.235

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• What is the opposite of abundance? It's not scarcity. It's greed. Greed is the belief that there is not enough for everyone, so you'd better grab yours now. What is the opposite of love? It's not hate. It's fear. Fear is the belief that someone or something can hurt you.

  Robert G. Allen

  Hurt, Hate, Opposites

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• A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.

  Truman Capote

  Communication, Intelligent, Talking

  "Leadership Divided: What Emerging Leaders Need and What You Might Be Missing". Book by Ron A. Carucci, September 30, 2006.

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• Scarcity is a captivating book, overflowing with new ideas, fantastic stories, and simple suggestions that just might change the way you live.

  Steven Levitt

  Book, Simple, Ideas

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• What drives innovation is abundance and ease, not the pressure of scarcity.

  Adam Gopnik

  Innovation, Ease, Pressure

  "The Fifth Blade" by Adam Gopnik, www.newyorker.com. May 11, 2009.

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• No complaint... is more common than that of a scarcity of money.

  Adam Smith

  Money, Reality, Common

  Adam Smith (2010). “An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations”, p.334, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Gold and silver, like other commodities, have an intrinsic value, which is not arbitrary, but is dependent on their scarcity, the quantity of labour bestowed in procuring them, and the value of the capital employed in the mines which produce them.

  David Ricardo

  Gold, Arbitrary, Finance

  David Ricardo, John Ramsay McCulloch (1846). “The Works of David Ricardo ...”, p.263

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• The people who don’t give up are the people who find a way to believe in abundance rather than scarcity.

  Cheryl Strayed

  Giving Up, Believe, Don't Give Up

  Cheryl Strayed (2012). “Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar”, p.261, Vintage

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• A man rejects God neither because of intellectual demands nor because of the scarcity of evidence. A man rejects God because of a moral resistance that refuses to admit his need for God.

  Ravi Zacharias

  God, Christian, Men

  FaceBook post by Ravi Zacharias from Jul 23, 2013

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• The simpler we make our lives, the more abundant they become. There is no scarcity except in our souls.

  Sarah Ban Breathnach

  Soul, Our Lives

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• Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth – these are one and the same fight.

  Ban Ki-moon

  Fighting, People, Growth

  "To End Poverty, Act on Climate" by Kathy Calvin, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 15, 2014.

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• Abundance = choice = freedom. Scarcity = dependence = control.

  David Icke

  Choices, Abundance, Dependence

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• Money is a way of creating scarcity.

  Peter Coyote

  Creating, Way

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• Quality is abundant. Time is the new scarcity.

  George Gilder

  Time, Quality

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• Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.

  Maya Angelou

  Beauty, Girl, Opportunity

  1970 I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, ch.35

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• To my mind the old masters are not art; their value is in their scarcity.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Art, Philosophy, History

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