The temptations of prosperity insinuate themselves after a gentle, but very powerful manner; so that we are but little aware of them and less able to withstand them.
It shows a weak mind not to bear prosperity as well as adversity with moderation.
American prosperity and American free enterprise are both highly unusual in the world, and we should not overlook the possibility that the two are connected.
There are many roads to prosperity, but one must be taken. Inaction leads nowhere.
Prosperity is apt to prevent us from examining our conduct; but adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is beneficial to us.
The more clear your vision of health, happiness and prosperity, the faster you move toward it and the faster it moves toward you.
Today, more than ever before, science holds the key to our survival as a planet and our security and prosperity as a nation. It's time we once again put science at the top of our agenda and work to restore America's place as the world leader in science and technology.
It's God's will for you to live in prosperity instead of poverty. It's God's will for you to pay your bills and not be in debt.
The approach to the offices of Girdlestone and Co. was not a very dignified one, nor would the uninitiated who traversed it form any conception of the commercial prosperity of the firm in question.
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.
The care of our national commerce redounds more to the riches and prosperity of the public than any other act of government.
He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune's breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.
Prosperity is very liable to bring pride among the other goods with which it endows an individual; it is then that prosperity costs too dear.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn.
You can't increase prosperity by taxing success.
Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends.
If globalization is to succeed, it must succeed for poor and rich alike. It must deliver rights no less than riches. It must provide social justice and equity no less than economic prosperity and enhanced communication.
True generosity is too frequently eaten up by prosperity and riches.
To see a man humble under prosperity is one of the greatest rarities in the world.
There's a loss of faith in the banking system that for so long has been the backbone of prosperity and growth.