Prosperity Quotes - Page 7

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

  James Burgh

  Change, Adversity

  James Burgh (1794). “The Dignity of Human Nature; or, a Brief account of the certain and established means for attaining the true end of our existence ... By J. B. (James Burgh.)”, p.104

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• Watch lest prosperity destroy generosity.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Generosity, Watches, Poverty

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• It is one of the worst effects of prosperity to make a man a vortex instead of a fountain; so that, instead of throwing out, he learns only to draw in.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Men, Vortex, Fountain

  henry ward beecher (1858). “life thoughts,”, p.60

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• As sure as the spring will follow the winter, prosperity and economic growth will follow recession.

  Robert Foster Bennett

  Spring, Winter, Growth

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

  Catherine Ponder

  Vacuums, Want, Greater

  Catherine Ponder (2016). “The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity”, p.25, Lulu.com

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• The fact is prosperity has a purpose. It's to allow us to pursue "the better angels," to give us time to think and grow.

  George H. W. Bush

  Angel, Thinking, Giving

  1988 Republican National Convention Acceptance Address, delivered 18 August 1988, Superdome, New Orleans, LA

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• 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

  Fall, Destruction, Should

  Sophocles (1848). “Sophocles”, p.122

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• Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

  William Hazlitt

  Education, Teacher, Money

  William Hazlitt (1839). “Sketches and Essays”, p.298

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• The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.

  Ernest Hemingway

  War, Political, Ruins

  Ernest Hemingway (2014). “The Hemingway Collection”, p.4177, Simon and Schuster

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• Private ownership of property is vital to both our freedom and our prosperity.

  Cathy McMorris Rodgers

  Ownership, Private Property, Property

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• Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity.

  Michael Porter

  Creativity, Issues, Innovation

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• It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.

  Jane Austen

  Humble, Difficult, Jane

  Jane Austen (2015). “Jane Austen Collection: Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Persuasion and More”, p.371, Xist Publishing

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• Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

  Horace

  Inspirational, Christian, Life And Love

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• We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

  Seneca the Younger

  Life, Appreciation, Adversity

  "Epistolæ Ad Lucilium" by Marcus Fabius Quintilianus as reported in "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 878-82., 1922.

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• No degree of prosperity can be sufficient to eliminate all misfortune, and sloth is impervious to opportunity.

  Dean Koontz

  Opportunity, Sloth, Degrees

  Dean Koontz (2007). “Forever Odd: An Odd Thomas Novel”, p.42, Bantam

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• Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity.

  Joseph Addison

  Destiny, Affliction, Virtue

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• Money can't buy you happiness. It just helps you look for it in more places.

  Milton Berle

  Looks, Helping

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• This is our true wealth: the riches we take with us, the joy we carry inside, the support we learn to give ourselves, and the self-loving that flows as a natural by-product of that support.

  Peter McWilliams

  Self, Giving, Support

  Peter McWilliams (1997). “Do It!: Let's Get Off Our Buts”, Mary Book / Prelude Press

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• I was not, though, born with a silver spoon in my mouth. Despite what people seem to think.

  Michael Audain

  Thinking, People, Spoons

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• Buddhism has always been a religion for people who've worked their way through a cycle of materialism and still feel discontented and want more, or have questions that their state of prosperity is not answering.

  Pankaj Mishra

  Buddhism, People, Want

  "'The Buddha' & the End of Human Suffering / Pankaj Mishra in Kathmandu, Nepal". Interview with Felix Holmgren, The Liberator Magazine, Volume 7.2, Issue 22, www.livefromplanetearth.org. 2008.

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• True prosperity is the result of well-placed confidence in ourselves and our fellow man.

  Ben Burtt

  Confidence, Men, Fellow Man

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• Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age.

  Lactantius

  Memories, Adversity, Age

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• If there were to be a Labor-Greens government, that would be the end of the Adani mine, that would be the end of coal mining in central Queensland, and that would be the end of their best shot at economic prosperity in the future.

  George Brandis

  Government, Would Be, Coal

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• Starting from the ruins of the Second World War, we - all Europeans said, after centuries of fighting each other, we're going to build permanent arrangements in which peace between European countries is secured, freedom is secured, and growing prosperity. And that's what we have done over the last 70 years.

  Timothy Garton Ash

  Country, War, Fighting

  "Tracing The 43-Year History Of The U.K. In The European Union". "All Things Considered" with Ray Suarez, www.npr.org. June 25, 2016.

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• The United Kingdom and the European Union will remain indispensable partners of the United States even as they begin negotiating their ongoing relationship to ensure continued stability, security and prosperity for Europe, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the world.

  Barack Obama

  Europe, United States, Ongoing

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

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