Quotes About Abundance

Being rich is having money; being wealthy is having time.

The river never drinks its own water. The tree never tastes its own fruit. The field never consumes its own harvest. They selflessly strive for the well-being of all those around them. —Mewari proverb, India

But see, in our open clearings, how golden the melons lie; Enrich them with sweets and spices, and give us the pumpkin-pie!

The lilacs grew with no care given them, and in the early summer they hung like bunches of mild mauve grapes from branches with leaves like dark green hearts, and the scent of them was so bold and sweet you could smell nothing else, a seasonal mercy.

Thy wife," promises Psalm 128, "shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house; thy children like olive plants round about thy table." (The image here is perhaps that of a cut stump "table" surrounded by green scions.)

There is no place more lonely Than a rich man's home.

The truest measure of life is not in its length but the fullness in which it is lived.

If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough." —Oprah Winfrey

Be as rich as to afford a modest, care-free existence.

If I choose to bless another person, I will always end up feeling more blessed.

Gratitude is an opener of locked-up blessings.

But one thing I've learned is that the minute I start fixating on what I don't have — time, money, a child I can send to camp for the summer, central air conditioning — I just feel that much hotter and put-upon, and those bad feelings seem to attract extra obstructions to my day.

Fear only what you lost from not sharing

... security is not having things

I am now eased in my finances and replenished in my wardrobe.

If I see darkness in the area of finances I bring light there.

I wish food was falling from the sky.

She ate so many clams that her stomach rose and fell with the tide.

People can only be content when there is enough food.

Food - there's no greater gift.

A world without tomatoes is like a string quartet without violins.

For those dependent on their gardens for fresh food, it was often a case of feast or famine... (One settler wrote), "Strawberries were now so plentiful that... I made 287 lbs of jam..."

The tomato offers its gift of fiery color and cool completeness.

Why do babies starve /When there's enough food to feed the world /Why when there's so many of us /Are there people still alone