Prosperity Quotes
“There are two ideas of government. There are those who believe that, if you will only legislate to make the well-to-do prosperous, their prosperity will leak through on those below. The DEMOCRATIC idea, however, has been that if you legislate to make the masses prosperous, their prosperity will find its way up through every class which rests upon them” — William Jennings Bryan
“The essence of so-called war prosperity; it enriches some by what it takes from others. It is not rising wealth but a shifting of wealth and income” — Ludwig von Mises
“In effect a selfish and boundless thirst for power and material prosperity, leads to both to the misuse of available natural resources, and to the exclusion of the weak” — Pope Francis
“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
“If a republican government fails to secure public prosperity and happiness, it must be because the citizens neglect the Divine commands, and elect bad men to make and administer the laws” — Noah Webster
“As a business person, I want the world to share the prosperity together” — Jack Ma
“Is the power who is jealous of our prosperity, a proper power to govern us?” — Thomas Paine
“The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity” — Martin Van Buren
“Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters” — Victor Hugo
“Some virtues are only seen in affliction and some in prosperity” — Joseph Addison
“With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and prosperity. My fruit is better than fine gold; what I yield surpasses choice silver. I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice, bestowing wealth on those who love me and making their treasuries full” — Proverbs 8:18-21
“The work of democracies is to maximize the inclusion of the many in order to create prosperity, not to enable the few to accumulate money” — Nick Hanauer
“I’m convinced that a world in which women and girls are treated as equal to men and boys is safer, more stable, and more prosperous” — Barack Obama
“I’m convinced that a world in which women and girls are treated as equal to men and boys is safer, more stable, and more prosperous” — Barack Obama
“When you realize that prosperity is your divine heritage, you should persist in claiming it” — Catherine Ponder
“We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle” — Winston Churchill
“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
“Public holidays indicate the moments in history that are important to a nation and the values they hold dear. Recognizing Juneteenth nationally would be one more way to acknowledge the intrinsic value of Black people and their history to the wealth and prosperity of the USA” — Lupita Nyong’o
“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” — George Washington
“You cannot bring prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot help small men by tearing down big men. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income. You cannot further brotherhood of men by inciting class hatred. You cannot establish security on borrowed money. You cannot build character and courage by taking away man’s initiative and independence. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves” — William J. H. Boetcker
“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” — Eric Butterworth
“I believe it is wrong, in a country of such wealth and prosperity, to have 36 million Americans living in poverty” — John Edwards
“Wealth and rank are what men desire, but unless they be obtained in the right way they may not be possessed. Poverty and obscurity are what men detest; but unless prosperity be brought about in the right way, they are not to be abandoned” — Confucius
“The triumph of the industrial arts will advance the cause of civilization more rapidly than its warmest advocates could have hoped, and contribute to the permanent prosperity and strength of the country far more than the most splendid victories of successful war” — Charles Babbage
“The blessings in which you this day rejoice are not enjoyed in common. The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity, and independence bequeathed by your fathers is shared by you, not by me” — Frederick Douglass
“The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool” — Epicurus
“Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it” — William Hazlitt
“We plutocrats need to see that the United States of America made us, not the other way around; that a thriving middle class is the source of prosperity in capitalist economies, not a consequence of it” — Nick Hanauer
“Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men” — John Adams
“Economic and social exclusion is a complete denial of human fraternity and a very grave offense against human rights and the environment” — Pope Francis
“No social system will bring us happiness, health and prosperity unless it is inspired by something greater than materialism” — Clement R. Attlee
“I know of no other country where love of money has such a grip on men’s hearts or where stronger scorn is expressed for the theory of permanent equality of property” — Alexis de Tocqueville
“War prosperity is like the prosperity that an earthquake or a plague brings” — Ludwig von Mises
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