Quotes About Prosperity

Making lots of money--it's not that hard, you know. It's overestimated. Making lots of money is a breeze. You watch. ch. 1, p. 23 in Penguin paperback

One of the most productive, cultured and creative Jewish communities in the world was almost at an end. President Nasser then ordered Egyptian Jewry's contribution to the life and prosperity of modern Egypt to be erased from all Egyptian history books.14

We shall never shake ourselves clear from the debts of the past and break into a definitely larger period except by the energetic creation of new wealth.

The poor can stop being poor if the rich are willing to become even richer at a slower rate." Furthermore, he predicted that unless a "substantial sacrifice is made by the American people," the nation can expect further deterioration of the cities, increased antagonisms between races and continued disorders in the streets.

A country with secure property rights, scientific inquiry and technological innovation will become richer. But, since division of labour is limited by the size of the market, it will also benefit from trade, not just in goods and services, but in ideas, capital and people. The smaller a country is, the greater the benefits. Trade is far cheaper than empire, just as internal development is a less costly route to prosperity than plunder. This was the heart of Angell's argument.

Watch for the thing that will show itself to you because that thing, when you find it, will be your future.

Health so far outweighs all external goods that a healthy beggars is truly more fortunate than a king in poor health.

For, after all, the foundation of our whole nature, and, therefore, of our happiness, is our physique, and the most essential factor in happiness is health

Sleep came to them, quick and easy, like money to millionaires.

the connection between GDP growth and jobs is a myth.

Laten we op zoek gaan naar 'vreugde' in plaats van naar eerlijk voedsel en schone lucht en een gezondere toekomst op een bewoonbare planeet! Alsof geluk volstaat om ons te beschermen tegen de gevolgen van winst-waanzin.

Herald Loomis, you shining! You shining like new money!

What greater wealth is there than to own your life and to spend it on growing? Every living thing must grow. It can't stand still. It must grow or perish.

Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think.

I want to be prepared to claim the greatest virtue of all - that I was a man who made money

Money is the barometer of society's virtue.

If an heir is equal to his money, it serves him; if not, it destroys him.

There are cities in which to spend a fortune and cities in which to make one; only in the rare great city can one accomplish both.

Brevoorts and Goelets were ironmongers, and the Schermerhorns were ship chandlers.

Civilisation, after all, is not an attitude of mind, it is an attribute of wealth

Anyway, as the old barrelhouse song says, My God, how the money rolled in. Norton must have subscribed to the old Puritan notion that the best way to figure out which folks God favours is by checking their bank acounts.

Sustainable Foods = Sustainable Health = Sustainable Life = Victory

Life isn't just a gift, it's an abundant series of more gifts (i.e. Feather Presents) than one can count

Think bigger It makes a profit