(495 quotes found)
“The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil.”
C.S. Lewis
“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.”
Anne Bradstreet
“Real friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends”
Euripides
“We have believed - and we do believe now - that freedom is indivisible, that peace is indivisible, that economic prosperity is indivisible”
Indira Gandhi
“The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.”
Epicurus
“Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.”
Billy Graham
“You cannot be healthy; you cannot be happy; you cannot be prosperous; if you have a bad disposition.”
Emmet Fox
“This is the law of prosperity. When apparent adversity comes, be not cast down by it, but make the best of it., and always look forward for better things, for conditions more prosperous.”
Ralph Waldo Trine
“The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come.”
Lee Iacocca
“Be moderate in prosperity, prudent in adversity”
Periander