A Quote by Richard Francis Burton

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

Richard Francis Burton

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Broke Condition Mind Poor State State Of Mind Temporary

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Richard Francis Burton
English - Explorer
March 19, 1821 - October 19, 1890

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

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

Dick Gregory

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

Ric Edelman

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

Alison Arngrim

My grandma forbid us from describing ourselves as poor. She said, 'we're broke.' Because broke is temporary.

Deval Patrick

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

Robert Kiyosaki

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

Dave Ramsey

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

Alphonso Jackson

Broke is temporary, poor is eternal.

Robert Kiyosaki

The state of mind of the photographer creating is a blank. I might add that this condition exists only at special times, namely when looking for pictures. -Something keeps him from falling off curbs, down open manholes, into bumpers of skidding trucks while in this condition but goes off duty at other times. . . . This is a very special kind of blank. A very active state of mind really, it is a very receptive state. . .

Minor White

The person who achieves spectacular failure has at least attempted something bold. Failure is a temporary condition. Success is likewise temporary. Life, itself, is temporary - so quit hesitating. Do something!

Roy H. Williams

The purpose of spiritual life is not to create some special state of mind. A state of mind is always temporary. The purpose is to work directly with the most primary elements of our body and our mind, to see the ways we get trapped by our fears, desires, and anger, to learn directly our capacity for freedom.

Jack Kornfield

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.