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“There is a difference between being broke and being poor. Being broke is a temporary economic situation, but being poor is disabling frame of mind, and a depressed condition of one's spirit, and we must all vow to never, ever be poor again.”
― John Hope Bryant

“True leaders are ladder builders; they're not ladder climbers. The ladder builder is always saying, "What can I do to help you? How would I make you successful? If you make your team successful, your team's going to make you successful"
- David L. Brewer III”
― John Hope Bryant

“Yes that happened, but it doesn't define me. What does not kill me will only make me stronger. I made a mistake, but I am not a mistake.”
― John Hope Bryant, Love Leadership: The New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World

“When people lead from the perspective of fear, they can be intimidating. They’re not open. They don’t listen. They’re not willing to admit when they’ve made a mistake. It’s always someone else’s fault.   That kind of leadership model is not sustainable. It might produce decent performance over a short period of time. But I don’t think you’re a leader when you lead through fear—you’re a manager.”
― John Hope Bryant, Love Leadership: The New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World

“There is a difference between being 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 the spirit.”
― John Hope Bryant, How the Poor Can Save Capitalism: Rebuilding the Path to the Middle Class

“Ignorance is actually worse than no knowledge at all, because ignorance sends otherwise well-meaning individuals off in strange, often unproductive directions.”
― John Hope Bryant, How the Poor Can Save Capitalism: Rebuilding the Path to the Middle Class

“Nothing stops a bullet like a job.”
― John Hope Bryant, How the Poor Can Save Capitalism: Rebuilding the Path to the Middle Class

“If we get the economic side of the equation right, America can lead for another 250 years. If we get it wrong, we will be remembered as the nation that had it all … and gave it away. And as I've warned before, in 20 years, we may well be speaking Mandarin, not because China took our place but because we surrendered it.”
― John Hope Bryant, Capitalism For All: Inclusive Economics and the Future-Proofing of America