Prosperity Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old prosperity quotes, prosperity sayings, and prosperity proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Borrowing and spending is not the way to prosperity. Paul Ryan
All prosperity begins in the mind and is dependent only on the full use of our creative imagination. Ruth Ross
Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped. Calvin Coolidge
Prosperity depends more on wanting what you have than having what you want. Geoffrey F. Abert
Prosperity is a way of living and thinking, and not just money or things. Poverty is a way of living and thinking, and not just a lack of money or things. Eric Butterworth
Prosperity's right hand is industry and her left hand is frugality. Samuel Johnson
To rejoice in the prosperity of others is to partake of it. W. Austin
You can't borrow your way to prosperity. Terry Branstad
Prosperity in the form of wealth works exactly the same as everything else. You will see it coming into your life when you are unattached to needing it. Wayne Dyer
Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There are many roads to prosperity, but one must be taken. Inaction leads nowhere. Robert Zoellick
In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider. King Solomon
When prosperity comes, do not use all of it. Confucius
The fact is prosperity has a purpose. It's to allow us to pursue "the better angels," to give us time to think and grow. George H. W. Bush
Start with big dreams and make life worth living. Stephen Richards
Prosperity tries the fortunate: adversity the great. Rose F. Kennedy
In prosperity prepare for a change; in adversity hope for one. James Burgh
If you always attach positive emotions to the things you want, and never attach negative emotions to the things you don't, then that which you desire most will invariably come your way. Matt D. Miller
The desire for economic prosperity is itself not culturally determined but almost universally shared. Francis Fukuyama
The world of prosperity maintains the world of adversity. James Lendall Basford
Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great. Rose Kennedy
Prosperity is the best protector of principle. Mark Twain
A sustainable world means working together to create prosperity for all. Jacqueline Novogratz
There is no way to prosperity, prosperity is the way. Wayne Dyer
Opportunity today, prosperity tomorrow. Julian Castro
As much as we need a prosperous economy, we also need a prosperity of kindness and decency. Caroline Kennedy
Prosperity is a way of living and thinking, and not just money or things. Eric Butterworth
Prosperity is the surest breeder of insolence I know. Mark Twain
It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted. Aeschylus
True prosperity is the result of well-placed confidence in ourselves and our fellow man. Benjamin Burt