Being Broke Quotes

• Poor is a state of mind. Broke is a state of wallet. You can fix being broke; it's not so easy to fix being poor.

  Ric Edelman

  Mind, Easy, Poor

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• Being broke is not a disgrace, it is only a catastrophe.

  Rex Stout

  Broke, Disgrace, Catastrophe

  Rex Stout (2010). “The League of Frightened Men”, p.87, Bantam

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• I've never been poor, only broke. Being poor is a frame of mind. Being broke is only a temporary situation.

  Mike Todd

  Inspirational, Attitude, Divorce

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• The lack of money is the root of all evil.

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Bible, Sarcastic

  Mark Twain, John Sutton Tuckey (1980). “The Devil's Race-track: Mark Twain's Great Dark Writings : the Best from Which was the Dream? and Fables of Man”, p.337, Univ of California Press

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• Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Life, Positive, Beautiful

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• 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

  Motivational, Depressing, Money

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• I am scared of being broke and famous. I think that would be the biggest curse.

  Kid Rock

  Thinking, Would Be, Scared

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• Being broke is against my religion.

  Curtis Jackson

  Broke

  "Song: "Ryder Music" ("The Massacre")". 2005.

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• Being broke is a joke, I never found it funny / That's why I count my blessings / As much as I count my money...

  Fabolous

  Blessing, Broke, Found

  Song: Change Up, Album: From Nothin' to Somethin', 2007

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• Learn all you can, don't be lazy. Nothing's worse than being stupid. Being broke is bad, but being stupid is what's really bad. And what's really really bad is being broke and stupid. Nothing's much worse than that. Unless you're sick. Sick, broke and stupid, that’s about as far as you can fall unless you're ugly. Surely that would be the ultimate; ugly, sick, broke and stupid.

  Jim Rohn

  Stupid, Fall, Sick

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• The only excuse for being broke is being in Jail.

  Curtis Jackson

  Jail, Excuse, Broke

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• Lack of money is the root of of all evil.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Money, Roots, Greatest Wealth

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• There's only one requirement for enjoying God's grace: being broke . . . and knowing it.

  Randy Alcorn

  Knowing, Grace, Requirements

  Randy Alcorn (2016). “Grace: A Bigger View of God's Love”, p.17, Eternal Perspective Ministries

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• A kid asked me for advise about getting into entertainment? I said you better know how to be happy being broke!

  Donnell Rawlings

  Kids, Entertainment, Broke

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• Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.

  Donald Trump

  Funny, Inspiring, Money

  Donald Trump (2016). “Trump: The Art of the Deal”, p.48, Random House

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• Being broke is a very efficient educational agency.

  Edwin Lefevre

  Educational, Agency, Broke

  Edwin Lefèvre (2004). “Reminiscences of a Stock Operator”, p.77, John Wiley & Sons

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• There is a difference between being poor and being broke. Broke is temporary, and poor is eternal.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Differences, Poverty, Poor

  Robert Kiyosaki (2015). “Rich Dad Poor Dad: What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!”, p.26, Robert Kiyosaki

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• Poverty isn't being broke; poverty is never having enough.

  Betty Jane Wylie

  Poverty, Enough, Broke

  1989 Everywoman's Money Book (with Lynne MacFarlane).

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• The real excitement is playing the game.

  Donald Trump

  Money, Real, Persistence

  Donald J. Trump, Tony Schwartz (2009). “Trump: The Art of the Deal”, p.63, Ballantine Books

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• Anybody can be going from being broke to being wealthy, as I did.

  Jon Lovitz

  Broke, Wealthy

  "Piers Morgan Tonight", www.cnn.com. May 8, 2012.

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• I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.

  e. e. cummings

  Witty, Art, Money

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• Aloneness is a state of being, whereas loneliness is a state of feeling. It's like the difference between being broke and being poor.

  Townes Van Zandt

  Loneliness, Differences, Feelings

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• The best thing that ever happened to me is that nothing happened in writing. I ended up working for engineering companies, and that's where I found my material, in the everyday struggle between capitalism and grace. Being broke and tired, you don't come home your best self.

  George Saunders

  Struggle, Writing, Tired

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• It has always seemed to me that broken things, just like broken people, get used more; it's probably because God has more pieces to work with.

  Bob Goff

  God, Religious, Work

  Bob Goff, Donald Miller (2012). “Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World”, p.57, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Poor is a state of mind you never grow out of, but being broke is just a temporary condition.

  Dick Gregory

  Mind, Poverty, Poor

  Dick Gregory, Robert Lipsyte (1990). “Nigger”, p.25, Simon and Schuster

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