There is no way to prosperity, prosperity is the way. ~By Wayne Dyer ~
War prosperity is like the prosperity that an earthquake or a plague brings. ~By Ludwig von Mises ~
The United States basically accepted protection abroad as the price of post-war recovery. Now, that these countries have caught up to our level of prosperity, it is time for them to catch up to our level of openness. ~By Larry Summers ~
As a consequence, progress has come to mean simply more power, more profit, more productivity, more paper prosperity, all of which are convertible into standards concerned only with size or magnitude rather than quality or excellence. ~By Alex Campbell ~
The more consciously democratic Americans became, however, the less they were satisfied with a conception of the Promised Land, which went no farther than a pervasive economic prosperity guaranteed by free institutions. ~By Herbert Croly ~
A whole generation of Americans will retire in poverty instead of prosperity, because they simply are not preparing for retirement now. ~By Scott Cook ~
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them. ~By Publilius Syrus ~
Four years of Jimmy Carter gave us two titanic Reagan landslides, peace and prosperity for eight blessed years - and even a third term for his feckless vice president, George H.W. Bush. ~By Ann Coulter ~
If there is to be any hope of prosperity for this country it is by reversing that policy which made us simply the kitchen garden for supplying the British with cheap food. ~By Eamon de Valera ~
No nation ever taxed itself into prosperity. ~By Rush Limbaugh ~
We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals in conditions of peace and prosperity. ~By Oliver Tambo ~
The free market economy is supposed to be the only path leading to the happiness of humanity by promoting wealth and prosperity, power and influence of nations. ~By Omar Bongo ~
The American economic, political, and social organization has given to its citizens the benefits of material prosperity, political liberty, and a wholesome natural equality; and this achievement is a gain, not only to Americans, but to the world and to civilization. ~By Herbert Croly ~
America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity. That part of America which had encouraged them most had advanced most rapidly in population, agriculture and the arts. ~By James Madison ~
Much effort, much prosperity. ~By Euripides ~
The Massachusetts Land Bank, during Colonial times, prospered, and brought prosperity to the community, until it was forcibly suppressed by special act of Parliament. ~By John Buchanan Robinson ~
Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn. ~By Earl Nightingale ~
A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity. ~By Rosalind Russell ~
As much as we need a prosperous economy, we also need a prosperity of kindness and decency. ~By Caroline Kennedy ~
Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity. ~By Elvis Presley ~
Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater. ~By William Hazlitt ~
Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New. ~By Francis Bacon ~
We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right. ~By Lucius Annaeus Seneca ~
Borrowing and spending is not the way to prosperity. ~By Paul Ryan ~
It wasn't simply that Clinton created the greatest prosperity in the country's history. Or that we created 22 million new jobs, more than ever before. Under Clinton, poverty was reduced 25%. ~By Sidney Blumenthal ~
The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come. ~By Lee Iacocca ~
Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has. ~By Billy Graham ~
We've taken the view that if the rest of the world would democratize and create market economies, that would spread the benefits of prosperity around the world, and that it would enhance our own prosperity, and our own stability and security, as well. ~By Jeffrey Sachs ~
I feel terrible that I once put too much emphasis on material prosperity. ~By Benny Hinn ~
For most of the 20th century, we didn't just enjoy economic success in Michigan, we defined it. Our innovators and entrepreneurs created the world's most productive companies, and our unions made sure that productivity led to broad middle class prosperity. ~By Jennifer M. Granholm ~
Only when a man's life comes to its end in prosperity dare we pronounce him happy. ~By Aeschylus ~
All through the years since World War II, the Japanese people have, I am convinced, made strenuous efforts to preserve and promote world peace, contributing to the progress and prosperity of mankind. ~By Eisaku Sato ~
Pray a little more, work a little harder, save, wait, be patient and, most of all, live within our means. That's the American way. It's not spending ourselves into prosperity or taxing ourselves into prosperity. ~By Mike Huckabee ~
Few things are more important to each individual's future success or to our nation's prosperity than education. ~By Mark Kennedy ~
Prosperity is a way of living and thinking, and not just money or things. Poverty is a way of living and thinking, and not just a lack of money or things. ~By Eric Butterworth ~
We are determined that our nation shall cease to be a burden on other countries but shall contribute positively to world prosperity, while observing fully the fair trade practices in international commerce. ~By Shigeru Yoshida ~
Are we interested in treating the symptoms of poverty and economic stagnation through income redistribution and class warfare, or do we want to go at the root causes of poverty and economic stagnation by promoting pro-growth policies that promote prosperity? ~By Paul Ryan ~
In view of China's growing military strength and intentions, the best way to safeguard Asia's permanent peace and prosperity is to have all Asian countries join forces with other democratic countries in the world to form a global community of democracies. ~By Jim Costa ~
The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity. ~By Lucius Annaeus Seneca ~
The American people want economic prosperity, high-quality goods and low prices, all of which I support. ~By John Linder ~
I have always maintained that the one important phenomenon presented by modern society is - the enormous prosperity of Fools. ~By Wilkie Collins ~
In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends. ~By John Churton Collins ~
The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil. ~By C. S. Lewis ~
The president feels not only do we need to change these rogue regimes, but even our friendly allies, who really basically have, sort of, benign dictatorships, need to get with the program if they want to have long-term security and prosperity from terrorism. ~By Mitch McConnell ~
I strongly support European sanctions against Mugabe and his ruling clique. We must do all in our power to help the people of Zimbabwe achieve their freedom and prosperity once again. ~By Peter Hain ~
Well may the boldest fear and the wisest tremble when incurring responsibilities on which may depend our country's peace and prosperity, and in some degree the hopes and happiness of the whole human family. ~By James K. Polk ~
Let it be immediately added, however, that this economic independence and prosperity has always been absolutely associated in the American mind with free political institutions. ~By Herbert Croly ~
I can promise you that women working together - linked, informed and educated - can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet. ~By Isabel Allende ~
The great leaders of the second world war alliance, Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, understood the twin sides of destruction and salvation. Their war aims were not only to defeat fascism, but to create a world of shared prosperity. ~By Jeffrey Sachs ~
With 1.7 million private sector jobs lost and half a million jobs shipped overseas over the past three years, we must take action to spur job creation and restore economic prosperity. ~By Nick Lampson ~
The failure of national economic policy is costing us more than jobs; it has begun to weaken that uniquely American spirit of risk-taking, large ambition, and optimism about the future. We must rally them now to bold departures that rebuild our national morale as well as our material prosperity. ~By Mitch Daniels ~
You cannot bring about prosperity without discouraging thrift. ~By Paul Getty ~
The close relationship between railroad expansion and the genera development and prosperity of the country is nowhere brought more distinctly into relief than in connection with the construction of the Pacific railroads. ~By John Moody ~
Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great. ~By Rose Kennedy ~
Economic prosperity and quality education for our children are inexorably linked. ~By Jon Huntsman, Jr. ~
Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure. ~By Tacitus ~
The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune. ~By Francois de La Rochefoucauld ~
The claim that the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were attacked because fundamentalists hate our prosperity and freedom is a ridiculous lie. ~By L. Neil Smith ~
Prosperity makes few friends. ~By Luc de Clapier ~
The plan shows that the twenty million people in the German democratic Republic and in the democratic sector of Berlin think only of peace, and that they are working for freedom and peaceful prosperity. ~By Walter Ulbricht ~
The vast upheaval of the World War set in motion forces that will either destroy civilization or raise mankind to undreamed of heights of human welfare and prosperity. ~By Arthur Henderson ~
If there's a will, prosperity can't be far behind. ~By W. C. Fields ~
Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity. ~By Michael Porter ~
To the European immigrant - that is, to the aliens who have been converted into Americans by the advantages of American life - the Promise of America has consisted largely in the opportunity which it offered of economic independence and prosperity. ~By Herbert Croly ~
There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. ~By Washington Irving ~
The Roaring Twenties were the period of that Great American Prosperity which was built on shaky foundations. ~By Paul Getty ~
Germany's fate is decided first and foremost in Europe. Reconciliation and cooperation in Europe have brought us freedom, peace and prosperity. Who would have dared to believe so much 50 years ago? ~By Horst Koehler ~
It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst. ~By Desiderius Erasmus ~
We know that social exclusion is closely tied to the new economic world order, globalized, with free and open markets, which isn't bringing prosperity or social justice to all. ~By Claudio Hummes ~
One of the big challenges for our party is to demonstrate to people that we have an agenda for economic prosperity and that we can be trusted with their money. ~By Birch Bayh ~
The question is no longer whether the United States should contribute to assuring Israel's survival and prosperity; that goes without saying. ~By George Ball ~
Be moderate in prosperity, prudent in adversity. ~By Periander ~
If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another. ~By Winston Churchill ~
The weather and my mood have little connection. I have my foggy and my fine days within me; my prosperity or misfortune has little to do with the matter. ~By Blaise Pascal ~
It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted. ~By Aeschylus ~
The prosperity of a nation requires the protection of a senate. Hereafter a national senate may require the protection of a national army. ~By Thomas Francis Meagher ~
In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider. ~By King Solomon ~
Never, since the fall of communism, has it been so abundantly clear that an ethos exists, which is loath to accept the freedoms and prosperity we hold sacred in this nation. ~By Jim Walsh ~
Above all it is important to point out that we can only maintain our prosperity in Europe if we belong to the most innovative regions in the world. ~By Angela Merkel ~
A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity 'til he has tasted adversity. ~By Sa'Di ~
That co-operation and peace rather than industrial strife and strikes will best promote the prosperity of the employees the company and all of the people and even strengthen the nation. ~By Charles E. Wilson ~
May God be with me! May Heaven bless this New Year. May it be a year of fruitfulness, of peace and prosperity; may it be a year of peace and unity for all mankind; may the world be freed of cholera. ~By Giacomo Meyerbeer ~
By providing students in our Nation with such an education, we help save our children from the clutches of poverty, crime, drugs, and hopelessness, and we help safeguard our Nation's prosperity for generations yet unborn. ~By Elijah Cummings ~
You need in the long run for stability, for economic growth, for jobs, as well as for financial stability, global economic institutions that make sure that growth to be sustained has to be shared, and are built on the principle that the prosperity of this world is indivisible. ~By Gordon Brown ~
Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped. ~By Calvin Coolidge ~
The foundation for future prosperity is built on the bedrock of good jobs and great schools. We are building a strong foundation one job at a time and one educated Texan at a time. ~By Rick Perry ~
The question of peace, progress and prosperity, it's a motherhood statement, all of us like it. ~By Sellapan Ramanathan ~
We will be remembered only if we give to our younger generation a prosperous and safe India, resulting out of economic prosperity coupled with civilizational heritage. ~By Abdul Kalam ~
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. ~By Ernest Hemingway ~
If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War. ~By George Washington ~
It is time we in Scotland put England in its proper place and instead of our leaning on England and taking inspiration from her, we should lean and turn to Europe, for it is there our future prosperity lies. ~By Hugh MacDiarmid ~
Thus they have an idol that they petition for victory in war; another for success in their labors; and so for everything in which they seek or desire prosperity, they have their idols, which they honor and serve. ~By Hernando Cortes ~
Private ownership of property is vital to both our freedom and our prosperity. ~By Cathy McMorris ~
The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The world will either move forward toward unity and widely shared prosperity - or it will move apart. ~By Franklin D. Roosevelt ~
The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity. ~By Martin Van Buren ~
Liberating Iraq from a legacy of violence and putting it on the path to peace and prosperity will take time. ~By George Voinovich ~
As sure as the spring will follow the winter, prosperity and economic growth will follow recession. ~By Bo Bennett ~
Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity. ~By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ~
The world before 1914 was already a world in which the welfare of each individual nation was inextricably bound up with the prosperity of the whole community of nations. ~By Arthur Henderson ~
I'll say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that's more than I can say for prosperity. ~By Kin Hubbard ~
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