“Ultimate prosperity is one's value within. It takes a man of depth, morality, and charm to be envied yet without a sign of wealth or romance. A passion to prove such inner worth is his permission to achieve whatever he desires.” MenRomanceDesireValuesPassionWealthAchieveMoralityProveUltimateDepthProsperityCharmContentmentPermissionInner BeautyEnvied Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“No, I have no desire for riches. Honest poverty and a conscience, torpid through virtuous inaction, are more to me than corner lots and praise.” DesirePovertyHonestConsciencePraiseProsperityCornersRichesVirtuousInaction Book:Tales, Speeches, Essays, and Sketches Source: Tales, Speeches, Essays, and Sketches
“Study the lives of our great women, who were models of patience, fortitude, compassion and sacrifice. I desire that you should take up the reins of leadership and bring peace and prosperity to the nation by leading ideal lives.” ShouldDesireNationsCompassionStudySacrificeModelsIdealsProsperityFortitudeReinsGreat WomenIdeal Life Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“All who are not lunatics are agreed about certain things. That it is better to be alive than dead, better to be adequately fed than starved, better to be free than a slave. Many people desire those things only for themselves and their friends; they are quite content that their enemies should suffer. These people can only be refuted by science: Humankind has become so much one family that we cannot ensure our own prosperity except by ensuring that of everyone else. If you wish to be happy yourself, you must resign yourself to seeing others also happy.” PeopleIfsShouldDesireCertainSufferingWishEnemyAliveSeeingSlaveProsperityFedsHumankind Author:Bertrand Russell
“In every sound convert the judgment is brought to approve of the laws and ways of Christ, and subscribe to them as most righteous and reasonable; the desire of the heart is to know the whole mind of Christ; the free and resolved choice of the heart is determined for the ways of Christ, before all the pleasures of sin, and prosperities of the world; it is the daily care of his life to walk with God.” KnowsWorldWayMindHeartWholeCareLawDesireChoicesSoundChristSinWalksPleasureJudgmentProsperityDeterminedReasonableRighteousWalking With God Author:Joseph Alleine
“In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.” DesireAdversityAssumingProsperityTemperModeratesCountenance Author:Livy
“Enriching others is the only way to get rich, if that is what we desire. The more we serve, the more we deserve, getting what we give, no more and no less.” IfsWayGivingDesireRichDeserveProsperityGet RichEnriching Author:Ernie J Zelinski