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61 " We should not forget that it will be just as important to our descendants to be prosperous in their time as it is to us to be prosperous in our time. "
― Edmund Morris , Theodore Rex
62 " If you want to be prosperous begin to sow into your abilities, gifting’s, talents, self-development and self-education "
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63 " Pico Mundo is a prosperous town. But no degree of prosperity can be sufficient to eliminate all misfortune, and sloth is impervious to opportunity. "
― Dean Koontz , Forever Odd (Odd Thomas, #2)
64 " I had thought that successful people, wealthy people, prosperous people, don’t stretch themselves and they don’t live a life of pressure. Well I was wrong. "
65 " Only the one who invests in people can be prosperous and successful. "
66 " Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant. "
67 " Life is full of chances and changes and the most prosperous of men may ... meet with great misfortunes. "
68 " If you see yourself as prosperous you will be. If you see yourself as continually hard up that is exactly what you will be. "
69 " The Constitution. . . illustrates the complexity of the American system: that it serves the interests of a wealthy elite, but also does enough for small property owners, for middle-income mechanics and farmers, to build a broad base of support. The slightly prosperous people who make up this base of support are buffers against the blacks, the Indians, the very poor whites. They enable the elite to keep control with a minimum of coercion, a maximum of law--all made palatable by the fanfare of patriotism and unity. "
― Howard Zinn , A People's History of the United States
70 " A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being; and happiness, health, and prosperity are the result of a harmonious adjustment of the inner with the outer of the man with his surroundings. "
71 " A household can never appear prosperous without a cow. How auspicious it is to wake up in the morning to the mooing of your own cow! "
72 " God has already done everything He's going to do. The ball is now in your court. If you want success, if you want wisdom, if you want to be prosperous and healthy, you're going to have to do more than meditate and believe; you must boldly declare words of faith and victory over yourself and your family. "
73 " We wonder if we will be the first generation in American history to leave our children with fewer opportunities and a less prosperous nation than the one we inherited. "
74 " We can all be proud of our men and women in the military who are following their orders, carrying out their missions and sacrificing so much to give the Iraqi people a chance for a more peaceful and prosperous future. "
75 " Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error to an afflicted truth. "
76 " God is not an American. Nature did not design Americans to be prosperous forever. "
77 " Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting. "
78 " We need to develop and disseminate an entirely new paradigm and practice of collaboration that supersedes the traditional silos that have divided governments, philanthropies and private enterprises for decades and replace it with networks of partnerships working together to create a globally prosperous society. "