Archive for the ‘poverty’ Category
Everyone has an opinion on the poor and the causes of deprivation and we’ve collected the thoughts of those who would tell us how to solve poverty or help us have hope through laughter.
Michael Tubbs: Lack of Cash
on Wednesday, April 14, 2021Michael Tubbs Money Quote saying the cause of poverty is a shortage of cash, not dysfunctional people. Michael Tubbs said:
“At the root of poverty is lack of cash. It’s lack of capital, and that some of the dysfunction that we see associated with poverty are the effect and not the cause. So, yes, folks should learn how to manage money. But folks need money to manage first” — Michael Tubbs
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Oscar Wilde: Taking or Begging
on Friday, March 12, 2021Oscar Wilde Money Quote saying if concerned about safety, it is better to beg. When appearances matter more, theft is preferred. Oscar Wilde said:
“As for begging, it is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to beg” — Oscar Wilde
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Gandhi: Empty Stomach God
on Monday, March 8, 2021Gandhi Money Quote saying someone that is starving will turn to the diety that feeds them when they need sustenance. Gandhi said:
“To a man with an empty stomach food is God” — Gandhi
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Alan Watts: Poverty Imagination
on Thursday, December 24, 2020Alan Watts Money Quote saying we have poverty because there is a poverty of imagination and nobody knows how to enjoy real wealth. Alan Watts said:
“The reason we have poverty is that we have no imagination. There are a great many people accumulating what they think is vast wealth, but it’s only money… they don’t know how to enjoy it, because they have no imagination” — Alan Watts
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Benjamin Franklin: Poverty Deprives
on Tuesday, December 1, 2020Benjamin Franklin Money Quote saying it’s difficult for someone who is empty to stand against the winds that blow down their spirit. Benjamin Franklin said:
“Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an empty bag to stand upright” — Benjamin Franklin
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Feeling Poor
on Saturday, November 28, 2020Ralph Waldo Emerson Money Quote saying you become what you believe you are – rich or poor. Ralph Waldo Emerson said:
“Poverty consists in feeling poor” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Don Boudreaux: Innate Wealth
on Tuesday, November 24, 2020Don Boudreaux Money Quote saying there are reasons for some things that money can’t explain or resolve – no matter our expectations. Don Boudreaux said:
“Poverty has no causes. Wealth has causes. But capitalism has been so enormously successful at producing widespread material abundance that we today … regard wealth as innate to our existence, as our default mode. It is not” — Don Boudreaux
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Eric Butterworth: Poverty Living
on Sunday, October 25, 2020Eric Butterworth Money Quote saying that both haves and have-nots create their financial state in their minds. Eric Butterworth said:
“Prosperity is a way of living and thinking, and not just money or things. Poverty is a way of living and thinking, and not just a lack of money or things” — Eric Butterworth
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