#prosperity

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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The generation which lived through the Second World War is disappearing. Post-war generations see Europe's great achievements - liberty, peace and prosperity - as a given. ↗

— Jan Peter Balkenende

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It wasn't simply that Clinton created the greatest prosperity in the country's history. Or that we created 22 million new jobs, more than ever before. Under Clinton, poverty was reduced 25%. ↗

— Sidney Blumenthal

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To rejoice in another's prosperity is to give content to your lot; to mitigate another's grief is to alleviate or dispel your own. ↗

— Tryon Edwards

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You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. ↗

— William J. H. Boetcker

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My guiding principle is that prosperity can be shared. We can create wealth together. The global economy is not a zero-sum game. ↗

— Julia Gillard

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To provoke dreams of terror in the slumber of prosperity has become the moral duty of literature. ↗

— Ernst Fischer

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Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Most of us have considerable prosperity in our lives. Often, we are so busy pursuing our unmet desires that we are unable to enjoy all that we already have. Allowing ourselves to really appreciate the prosperity we have created is a big step toward opening to even greater fulfillment. ↗

— Shakti Gawain

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The key point to understand is that prosperity is an internal experience, not an external state, and it is an experience that is not tied to having a certain amount of money. ↗

— Shakti Gawain

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