John Hope Bryant Quotes

#1. My preference is for prose with more silence in it, language that contains more pockets of strangeness.

Anthony Doerr

#2. What if a girl grew up like a boy, with marriage an abstract, someday thought, a thing to think about when she became an adult, a thing she could do, or not do, depending? What would that look and feel like?

Anonymous

#3. Love created this world, & the lack of it can kill it. Selfishness, self-absorption , arrogance & indifference never built anything.

John Hope Bryant

#4. Usually, writing lyrics for me is like bleeding drop by drop from the forehead.

Matt Berninger

#5. Tangible language, which often tells more falsehoods than truths.

Abraham Lincoln

#6. 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

#7. 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

#8. If we lose the war in the air we lose the war and we lose it quickly.

Bernard Law Montgomery

#9. The Truth is far more powerful than any weapon of mass destruction.

Mahatma Gandhi

#10. I think there is something very relatable in the idea that you hit a certain age, later in your life, where you realize you have to pick up the rug and see what's underneath it and deal with stuff.

Gillian Flynn

#11. 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

#12. I never wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a book illustrator. I used to hurry home from school and draw.

Natalie Babbitt

#13. Poverty is not what's in your pocket - its what you have in your head.

John Hope Bryant

#14. You can make money two ways - make more, or spend less.

John Hope Bryant

#15. The new definition of freedom today is self-determination.

John Hope Bryant

#16. 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

#17. The voice I've chosen to turn to is that of NPR. With a reputation for some of the finest journalism in the country, the nonprofit organization is renowned for its unbiased stance - to the point that it's been accused of being both conservative and liberal.

Lynda Resnick

#18. 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

#19. We Were young. He didn't love me. He just thought he did. Simple as that.- Blaire Lynn

Abbi Glines

#20. If you hang with 9 broke people, you'll be the 10th.

John Hope Bryant

#21. 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

#22. Making a story from the messy thoughts and half-thoughts in her head, building a world and lives and taking them apart again, fitting the pieces together another way until it feels right, as right as she can make it feel.

Caitlin R. Kiernan

#23. Well, I'm cashing it in now. Don't ever leave me. Don't let me go. Always stay with me.

Komal Kant