Quotes About Prosperity

May I never wake up from the American dream.

In a capitalist society, persons who create capital, like Michael Eisner, are given the staggering rewards.

From Pastor Malthus to the Club of Rome's Limits to Growth; from hysteria over DDT, PCBs, and natural gas "fracking"; to continuing bouts of chemo-phobia and population panic; the achievements of capitalism have suffered a long series of detractions. The factitious and febrile campaign against global warming is only the latest binge of self-abuse among the children of prosperity.

Money, like the cosmos, has become relativistic and reversible at will. The three hundred years of Newtonian prosperity having come to an end, the new multiverse seems unable to repeat the miracle of a golden age of capitalism. It is now widely held that citizens are essentially owned by the state on which they depend. Slavery, in the form of servitude to governments, is making a comeback as money transactions become less trustworthy.

The key to growth is quite simple: creative men with money. The cause of stagnation is similarly clear: depriving creative individuals of financial power.

Gilder shows how, to the contrary, Israel's growing prosperity will benefit the entire region in which it is located.

Prosperity lets go the bridle.

Mastery applies to nations as well as to individuals. Our present national prosperity is built on a huge deficit and trillions of dollars worth of overdue expenditures on environmental cleanup, infrastructure repair, education, and social services—the quick-fix mentality.

And that year Australians officially became the richest people in the world, overtaking the British and the Dutch on the measure of GDP per person.

I have more love, success, and security than I could ever dream of.

I thought of the places I would be leaving, of what they were and what they could become. I pictured trees returning to the bare slopes, fish and whales returning to the bay. I thought of what my children and grandchildren might find here, and of how those who worked the land and sea might prosper if this wild vision were to be realized.

We know that when people are safe in their homes, they are free to pursue their dream for a brighter economic future for themselves and their families.

En cuanto al ser humano, no debe esperarse que escape, en su larga trayectoria, a la suerte de los animales inferiores. Si hay una ley biológica de flujo y reflujo, su situación es ahora muy peligrosa. Durante diez mil años su número ha aumentado constantemente a pesar de las guerras, las pestes y las hambres. Biológicamente, la prosperidad del ser humano es demasiado larga.

A part of all I earn is mine to keep.' Say it in the morning when you first arise. Say it at noon. Say it at night. Say it each hour of every day. Say it to yourself until the words stand out like letters of fire across the sky.

Good luck can be enticed by accepting opportunity.

Wealth, like a tree, grows from a tiny seed. The first copper you save is the seed from which your tree of wealth shall grow. The sooner you plant that seed the sooner shall the tree grow. And the more faithfully you nourish and water that tree with consistent savings, the sooner may you bask in contentment beneath its shade.

If the terriers and barriffs (sic) are torn down, this economy will grow.

Happiness lies, first of all, in health.

Influence or affluence; take your choice.

I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great.

I wish you all the joy that you can wish.

The liberal soul shall be made fat.

I believe humans were born to have joy and to have it more abundantly; that the birthright of everyone is loving, caring, sharing, and abundance.

I'm so happy to be rich, I'm willing to take all the consequences.