(493 quotes found)
“Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.”
Socrates
“We have believed - and we do believe now - that freedom is indivisible, that peace is indivisible, that economic prosperity is indivisible”
Indira Gandhi
“Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.”
Francis Bacon Sr.
“Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.”
Victor Hugo
“Be moderate in prosperity, prudent in adversity”
Periander
“Comfort and prosperity have never enriched the world as much as adversity has.”
Billy Graham
“Prosperity belongs to those who learn new things the fastest.”
Paul Zane Pilzer
“Despite a voluminous and often fervent literature on "income distribution," the cold fact is that most income is not distributed: It is earned.”
Thomas Sowell
“Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.”
Elvis Presley
“Agriculture, manufactures, commerce and navigation, the four pillars of our prosperity, are the most thriving when left most free to individual enterprise”
Thomas Jefferson
