A Quote by Ric Edelman

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

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Being Being Broke Broke Easy Fix Mind Poor State State Of Mind Wallet

Quote Author

Ric Edelman
American - Author
Born: May 28, 1958

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

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

Being broke is a temporary situation. Being poor is a state of mind.

Mike Todd

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

Mike Todd

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

Dick Gregory

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

Robert Kiyosaki

Being Black and poor is, I think, radically different from being anything else and poor. Poor, to most Blacks, is a state of mind. Those who accept it are poor; those who struggle are middle class.

Nikki Giovanni

Broke is a temporary condition, poor is a state of mind.

Richard Francis Burton

Poor is a state of mind. Broke is, 'I'm just passing through.'

Dave Ramsey

We didn't really feel poor. You don't know that as a kid, but we really didn't have any cash. When machinery broke down, we didn't have money for parts, so we did our best to fix it.

Glen Taylor

Actors never say they're poor. They're always broke. It's always just temporary. 'Broke' is 'poor with hope'.

Alison Arngrim

I got songs about being broke, being on welfare, being poor, Section 8.

Logic

Being poor is a state of mind, not a condition.

Alphonso Jackson

If you want to change who you are, begin by changing the size of your dream. Even if you are broke, it does not cost you anything to dream of being rich. Many poor people are poor because they have given up on dreaming.

Robert Kiyosaki

Normal people... believe that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Engineers believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet.