Poverty is a result of poor choices not of poor luck

“People are not poor because they’ve made bad choices, my mother liked to say, they make bad choices because they’re poor.”

— Zadie Smith

“If you follow these simple truths, you will gain control over your financial future, and probably be able to accumulate millions and millions of…

— Celso Cukierkorn

“Leverage is a term that makes us sound very sophisticated and wise when we use it. Let’s analyze what it really means.”

— Celso Cukierkorn

“All our lives we measure ourselves based on our height, but during a crisis we should measure ourselves in-depth.”

— Celso Cukierkorn

“When we do those things, we’re actually filling a void in our lives with debt. It’s a slow but sure self-destructive process, and one…

— Celso Cukierkorn

“The financial game is a team sport. God established a covenant with Noah after the flood, and later he established a covenant with Abraham.…

— Celso Cukierkorn

“When we give away at least 10 percent of everything that we earn, in essence we perform an act of purification, cleansing all of…

— Celso Cukierkorn

“Smart people always choose comfort over luxury”

— Celso Cukierkorn

“One of the best lessons we can learn is humility. You should define your material possessions; they shouldn’t define you. #”

— Celso Cukierkorn

Poverty is a result of lack of opportunity. Lack of opportunity is about being without power, without being in a position to make choices.

— Winnie Byanyima

I believe that poverty is often the result of inappropriate behavior - out-of-wedlock births, dropping out of school, crime and drugs - which should…

— Joe Klein

South Africa does not have a poverty problem. Poverty is a result of denialism of the way corruption taxes poor people, the inefficiencies that…

— Mamphela Ramphele

“In today’s world, people are born into different circumstances, but unlike the pagans, each of us has an opportunity to change our circumstances based…

— Celso Cukierkorn

It only takes one mistake,' the Dan Banyan guy says, 'and nothing else you ever do will matter.' With his empty hand, he takes…

— Chuck Palahniuk

A poor choice of words conveyed to some the impression that I embrace the discarded policies of the past. Nothing could be further from…

— Trent Lott