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

The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.

The incomparable greatness of the religions of the East lies in their having been second to none in vibrating with the passion for unity. This note, which is essential to every form of mysticism, has even penetrated them so deeply that we find ourselves falling under a spell simply by uttering the names of their Gods.

Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction.

People always tell you, ‚Be humble. Be humble.‘ When was the last time someone told you to be amazing? Be great! Be great! Be awesome! Be awesome!

Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.

I realized, ‚Yo, I can’t do anything in moderation. I don’t know how.‘

Who could refrain that had a heart to love and in that heart courage to make love known?

To be great is to be misunderstood.

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.

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one’s weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

People everywhere in the world are hungry for economic opportunity. And it’s about a lot more than being able to make money.

Prosperity cannot be restored by raids upon the public Treasury.

We never repent of having eaten too little.

Occasionally, some brother sings very earnestly through his nose, often disturbing those around him, but it does not matter how the voice sounds to the ears of man. What is important is how the heart sounds to the ears of God.

I despise people who go to the gutter on either the right or the left and hurl rocks at those in the center.

It was the wont of the immortal gods sometimes to grant prosperity and long impunity to men whose crimes they were minded to punish in order that a complete reverse of fortune might make them suffer more bitterly.

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.

Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man who owes his greatness to his country’s ruin!

By staying focused on what I intend to create, by believing that the universe is all-providing, and by knowing that I’m worthy of the unlimited beneficence of the Source of being, I just keep attracting prosperity to me.

Our heart glows, and secret unrest gnaws at the root of our being. Dealing with the unconscious has become a question of life for us.

If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider.

Once I knew only darkness and stillness… my life was without past or future… but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.

Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art.

In an interconnected age when opportunistic adversaries can work in tandem to destroy stability and prosperity, our country needs to regain its strategic footing. We need to bring the clarity to our efforts before we lose the confidence of the American people and the support of potential allies.

These are not dark days: these are great days – the greatest days our country has ever lived.

An economically peaceful and prosperous Sri Lanka is the dream of youth of the nation. My message for the youth is to collectively work for an inclusively developed Sri Lanka.

A man can take a little bourbon without getting drunk, but if you hold his mouth open and pour in a quart, he’s going to get sick on it.

Few of us can stand prosperity. Another man’s, I mean.

It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything one wants.

America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity. That part of America which had encouraged them most had advanced most rapidly in population, agriculture and the arts.

A man is great by deeds, not by birth.

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.

There is no way to prosperity, prosperity is the way.

A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it without effort.

I purposely don’t talk about money, because people are already skeptical about TV preachers. But I do say that I want you to be blessed. To me, prosperity is having health, having great children, having peace, good relationships. It’s not about the money.

There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.

It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith is: God perceived by the heart, not by the reason.

In a democracy, the well-being, individuality and happiness of every citizen is important for the overall prosperity, peace and happiness of the nation.

Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.

If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music.

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

While the crash only took place six months ago, I am convinced we have now passed the worst, and with continued unity of effort, we shall rapidly recover. There is one certainty of the future of a people of the resources, intelligence and character of the people of the United States – that is, prosperity.

One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.

My kids are normal. If they could eat burgers and fries and ice cream every day, they would. And so would I. But that doesn’t sustain us.

I love wisdom. And you can never be great at anything unless you love it. Not be in love with it, but love the thing, admire the thing. And it seems that if you love the thing, and you don’t just want to possess it, it will find you.

In order to become prosperous, a person must initially work very hard, so he or she has to sacrifice a lot of leisure time.

There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate.

The United States is definitely ahead in culture of innovation. If someone wants to accomplish great things, there is no better place than the U.S.

Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.

Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation – not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago.

An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous.

We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart.

So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don’t honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.

The upward course of a nation’s history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.

I’m not the greatest; I’m the double greatest. Not only do I knock ‚em out, I pick the round.