POVERTY

Broke is temporary. Poor is a mindset. My mother taught me that.

When you've grown up with nothing, losing money doesn't scare you. Starting over doesn't scare you. Nothing scares you.

Capitalism is not the enemy. Poverty is the enemy. Capitalism is a tool — it depends on who's using it.

I grew up in federally subsidized housing. I know what it's like to live on the other side of the American Dream.

I grew up with nothing. Nothing at all. So I understand what it means when someone says they cannot afford to dream. But the dream is the only thing no one can take from you.

I saw my mother refused credit at a grocery store when I was fourteen. I decided then that I would never be in that position again.

If you want to fix poverty, you have to fix the infrastructure that creates poverty.

The most cost-effective investment society can make is in the first five years of a child's life. Nothing else comes close.