Quotes about Prosperity

Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.

How lovely they will be, and how beautiful! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine, the young women.

Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. But the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”

Demetrius assembled the craftsmen, along with the workmen in related trades. “Men,” he said, “you know that this business is our source of prosperity.

Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.

“that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”

saying, “I will surely bless you and multiply your descendants.”

Beloved, I pray that in every way you may prosper and enjoy good health, as your soul also prospers.

Wealth is what you want, not money.

This was naturally a great incentive, and possibly indeed the main cause of the second big change, industrialization. A great deal has been written about the causes of the Industrial Revolution. But surely a necessary, if not sufficient, condition was that people who made fortunes be able to enjoy them in peace.