John Hope Bryant famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

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

#Two #Way #Making Money
Poverty is not what's in your pocket - its what you have in your head.
-- John Hope Bryant

#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.
-- John Hope Bryant

#Differences #Mind #Spirit
If youâ€™re not passionate about what youâ€™re doing, you need to stop doing it. You arenâ€™t living your truth.
-- John Hope Bryant

#Doing You #Needs #Passionate
Love created this world, & the lack of it can kill it. Selfishness, self-absorption , arrogance & indifference never built anything.
-- John Hope Bryant

#Self #Arrogance #World
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.
-- John Hope Bryant

#Education #Money #Determination
If you’re not passionate about what you’re doing, you need to stop doing it. You aren’t living your truth.
-- John Hope Bryant

#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.
-- John Hope Bryant

#People #Entrepreneur #Wealth
If you hang with 9 broke people, you'll be the 10th.
-- John Hope Bryant

#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."
-- John Hope Bryant

#Country #Kings #Law
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.
-- John Hope Bryant

#Jobs #Divorce #Men
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
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.
-- John Hope Bryant

#Ideas #Rights #People
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.
-- John Hope Bryant

#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.
-- John Hope Bryant

#Kings #Opportunity #Years

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