Prosperity Quotes

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

Prosperity gathers smiles, while adversity scatters them.

WILLIAM SCOTT DOWNEY

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

GEORGE H.W. BUSH

Prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.

FRANCIS BACON

Prosperity makes few friends.

LUC DE CLAPIERS

You cannot bring about prosperity without discouraging thrift.

Paul Getty

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Aristotle

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.

Wayne Dyer

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Earl Nightingale

Prosperity is necessarily the first theme of a political campaign.

Woodrow T. Wilson

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

William Hazlitt

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

Benjamin Burt

Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.

Calvin Coolidge

Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.

Billy Graham

Human prosperity never rests but always craves more, till blown up with pride it totters and falls. From the opulent mansions pointed at by all passers-by none warns it away, none cries, 'Let no more riches enter!

Aeschylus