Quotes about Prosperity

They turn the heart away much more strongly than adversity and want do, as he says in his song (Deut. 32:15): "Having become swollen, fat, and thick, he rebelled"; and (Prov. 1:32): "The prosperity of the foolish destroys them"; as is said also in the German proverb: "You need strong legs to hold up under good days." For man endures evil more easily than good, as the poet says: "Luxury has invaded as a deadlier foe."2

One must be careful to hold fast to the fact that God makes promises and defers the things promised, and that He tries us with a scarcity of available things in order to instruct us in faith in the promise and in order that this faith may be strengthened and may learn to believe God not only in prosperous times, when things are available, but also in adversity, when things are lacking.

The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity.

Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance.

For where there is true love, a man is neither out of measure lifted up by prosperity, nor cast down by mishap; whether you give or take away from him, so long as he keeps his beloved, he has a spring of inward peace. Thus, even though thy outward man grieve, or weep downright, that may well be borne, if only thy inner man remain at peace, perfectly content with the will of God.

A healthy body is better than a healthy bank account.

A penny from God will take you further than a dollar from the devil.

A year of contentment is worth more than ten of prosperity.

Generosity is inverted prosperity.

He who is full of joy is full of great riches; he who is full of love is full of endless riches.

But remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you the ability to produce wealth" (Deut. 8:18a).

Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.