Quotes About Adversity

Adversity builds character and character takes you places money can't.

Years ago we hardly had anything to eat. Now I earn more money and I see every opponent as a man that tries to put me back to that poorer period. That man has to be eliminated.

I don't even have money for a cheeseburger!

It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing, that's the Lord's test.

You could love me or hate me I swear it won't make me or break me. I'm goin where ever the money takes me.

You can never be an entrepreneur if you're afraid to lose money. It's like being a pilot who is afraid of bad weather.

Mo' money, mo' problems.

Downturns are the best time to start businesses because you develop discipline that's very lean and mean in terms of how to spend money. And those habits serve you very well in good times.

One false idea is that anyone can hurt you. Events can ruin your reputation, take your money, mistreat you, revenge itself upon you, deceive, betray, abandon you, but cannot hurt you.

Poverty - the one thing money can't buy

Organized money hates me--and I welcome their hatred!

Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.

When money's tight and is hard to get And your horse has also ran, When all you have is a heap of debt A PINT OF PLAIN IS YOUR ONLY MAN.

When you ain't got no money, you gotta get an attitude.

Creativity, not money, is used to solve problems.

We think of poverty as a condition simply meaning a lack of funds, no money, but when one sees fifth, sixth, and seventh generation poor, it is clear that poverty is as complicated as high finance.

It can be liberating to get fired because you realize the world doesn't end. There's other ways to make money, better jobs.

Can anybody remember when the times were not hard and money not scarce?

When you don't have much money, you get creative. There's so much money that gets wasted on big movie sets. But when you don't have much money, you improvise.

As for money - when I have it, it's great. When I don't, I go get some. I've been a dishwasher, a gardener, a cleaner.

The surest way to ruin a man who doesn't know how to handle money is to give him some.

I didn't grow up with money, but I grew up with a lot of space. All I did was surf. I was committed to the ocean. That's one thing about Australians; we have the capacity to embrace life.

I've lost tremendous amounts of money in various markets and I think that that's something that makes you better at my job, not worse.

I grew up poor. I never had any money. I was a hobo, you know, ride the freights