Quotes about prosperity

"Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue."

Bacon, Francis on prosperity
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"Ten ancient commandments lousing up the fun. Along came prosperity, and then there was none."

Barzan, Gerald on prosperity   

"In prosperity prepare for a change; in adversity hope for one."

Burgh, James on prosperity
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"Prosperity is not just having things. It is the consciousness that attracts the things. Prosperity is a way of living and thinking, and not just having money or things. Poverty is a way of living and thinking, and not just a lack of money or things."

Butterworth, Eric on prosperity   

"When prosperity comes, do not use all of it."

Confucius on prosperity
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"Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped."

Coolidge, Calvin on prosperity   

"Prosperity in the form of wealth works exactly the same as everything else. You will see it coming into your life when you are unattached to needing it."

Dyer, Wayne on prosperity   

"Americans have mastered the art of being prosperous though broke."

Franklin, Billy Boy on prosperity   

"Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity."

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on prosperity   

"I will say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that is more than I can say for prosperity."

Hubbard, Kin on prosperity   

"The prosperous man is never sure that he is loved for himself."

Lucan, F. L. on prosperity   

"Prosperity belongs to those who learn new things the fastest."

Pilzer, Paul Zane on prosperity   

"Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed than one in adversity."

Plutarch on prosperity   

"If you want greater prosperity in your life, start forming a vacuum to receive it."

Ponder, Catherine on prosperity   

"If you want 1 year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want 10 years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people."

Proverb, Chinese on prosperity   

"A full cup must be carried steadily."

Proverb, English on prosperity   

"Americans have always been able to handle austerity and even adversity. Prosperity is what is doing us in."

Reston, James on prosperity   

"All prosperity begins in the mind and is dependent only upon the full use of our creative imagination."

Ross, Ruth on prosperity   

"Who feels no ills, should, therefore, fear them; and when fortune smiles, be doubly cautious, lest destruction come remorseless on him, and he fall unpitied."

Sophocles on prosperity   

"Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them."

Syrus, Publilius on prosperity   

"When you ascend the hill of prosperity, may you not meet a friend."

Twain, Mark on prosperity   

"Prosperity is the surest breeder of insolence I know."

Twain, Mark on prosperity   

"The wisest prophets make sure of the event first."

Walpole, Horace on prosperity   

"There are few secrets of success, but plenty of people making a good living selling them."

Lipsey, Michael on prosperity