“Whoever is always afraid that he might become poor, he will become poor.”  ~ Bava Metzia 33.

The Maharal explains, “When one is afraid of poverty, he is giving poverty the ability to affect him and to reach him… When one is afraid of something, he is making himself small before that matter that he is afraid of, which gives the matter strength to affect him. This is especially true regarding poverty. When one is afraid of poverty, the thought causes an effect on the person, and he will receive the poverty.”