Fate often puts all the material for happiness and prosperity into a man's hands just to see how miserable he can make himself with them.

Little islands of human happiness peace and prosperity are so exceptional at this point in history that I'm not even sure we can draw lessons from them.

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.

If virtue promises happiness prosperity and peace then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us progress is always an approach toward it.

The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.

The fact is that America has been at her most prosperous when government and the private sector have been not at war but in a wary if often underplayed alliance. History is unmistakable on this point.

President Obama's call for nearly a half-trillion dollars in more government stimulus when America has more than $14 trillion in debt is guided by his mistaken belief that we can spend our way to prosperity.

And you can't have a prosperous economy when the government is way overspending raising tax rates printing too much money over regulating and restricting free trade. It just can't be done.

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

We need to reclaim our American system of limited government low taxes reasonable regulations and sound money which has blessed us with unprecedented prosperity. And it has done more to help the poor than any other economic system ever designed.

We believe a renewed commitment to limited government will unshackle our economy and create millions of new jobs and opportunities for all people of every background to succeed and prosper. Under this approach the spirit of initiative - not political clout - determines who succeeds.

My mother was a good recreational cook but what she basically believed about cooking was that if you worked hard and prospered someone else would do it for you.

The good things of prosperity are to be wished but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.

We can stand affliction better than we can prosperity for in prosperity we forget God.

It's God's will for you to live in prosperity instead of poverty. It's God's will for you to pay your bills and not be in debt.

The Nuclear Security Summit was President Obama's initiative born out of his vision to leave behind a safer more prosperous world for the future generation.

I see Turkey's future as being in Europe as one of many prosperous tolerant democratic countries.

The claim made by Team Obama that every dollar in stimulus translates into a dollar-and-a-half in growth is economic fiction. The costs of stimulus reduce future growth. No country has ever spent itself to prosperity. The price of stimulus has to be paid sometime.

That is now my mission: to provide a European vision of growth employment prosperity - in one word our future.

If you want a future of shared prosperity where the middle class is growing and poverty is declining where the American Dream is alive and well and where the United States remains the leading force for peace and prosperity in a highly competitive world you should vote for Barack Obama.

The foundation for future prosperity is built on the bedrock of good jobs and great schools. We are building a strong foundation one job at a time and one educated Texan at a time.

My wish for the new millennium is for all children... to grow up wiser and stronger and more prosperous for the future than ever before.

Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper our friends are true and our happiness is assured.