Scarcity Mindset Quotes

It is a fact worth pondering that four centuries ago the evil of "an abundance or surplus" arose from its being kept off the market, while today the evil of surplus lies in its being thrown upon the market.

When people get scared, they quit giving.

Fear is all the fear of some loss: "I'm going to lose something." If we declare, and if we know in our hearts, "I already have everything that I need: I have life, I have creativity, I have joy, I have nourishment. I have everything I need," and if we just say, "It doesn't depend on my having a physical body to do it," then everything opens up.

If you want a fulfilled life, stop thinking about wealthy people and what they have and you don't. Stop thinking from a place of scarcity.

Quality is abundant. Time is the new scarcity.

There came into the world an unlimited abundance of everything people need. But people need everything except unlimited abundance.

Growing up, I learnt to think, 'Let's make it a big night tonight, as you never know what's going to happen next.' So now I have enough, I take too much; when I get the chance to have a fine dinner, I will. And it's had an effect on my health.

Wealth is not a pizza, where if I have too many slices you have to eat the Domino's box.

Greed is a deprivation of abundance, a hoarding, a constriction of energy.

The danger facing us comes not from lack of resources, but from people who insist that we have run out of resources. If you embrace their idea of a world where there is only so much to go around, then you are endorsing a program of genocide and a war of all against all.

Selfishness comes from poverty in the heart, from the belief that love is not abundant.

I think we have to be not so afraid of scarcity. We have to be willing to give away all things.

I have a real dog-like mentality, in that it's like, 'Where is my next meal coming from? Am I ever gonna eat again? Will I ever write another song again? Will anyone show up for tour?' I think it comes from being really poor as a kid.

It is the poor man who'll ever count his flock.

Everything you're currently against blocks you from abundance.

If the thought of lack -whether it be money, recognition, or love has become part of who you think you are, you will always experience lack. Rather than acknowledge the good that is already in your life, all you see is lack.

Scarcity is a captivating book, overflowing with new ideas, fantastic stories, and simple suggestions that just might change the way you live.

The people who have more money and goods than any people in the history of the world spend most of their time worrying about not having enough.

Poverty on both a personal and worldwide level is supported by our collective belief in scarcity.

A soul that is reluctant to share does not as a rule have much of its own. Miserliness is here a symptom of meagerness.

There is a lot of ignorance, and I don't mean intellectual ignorance. I mean people think that if you get something, it will take away from what I have. It's just ignorance.

Our time and attention is scarce. Art is not that important to us, no matter what we might like to believe.

The biggest mistake we make is asking the source to understand scarcity - something that is not! People pray: "Please give me more..." Or, "Please heal me." If you do this, you'll only attract more scarcity into your life. You can't think about what's missing in your life, what you don't like, or what "they" want for you.

I'm the type of person who, if somebody offers me a free meal, I get excited because you never know where your next free meal is going to come from.