Be moderate in prosperity, prudent in adversity.
Periander
Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.
Plutarch
Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.
Elvis Presley
Agreeing to share prosperity, rather than let it divide us, is infinitely preferable to the alternative.
Najib Razak
To ensure continuing prosperity in the global economy, nothing is more important than the development and application of knowledge and skills.
Martin Rees
Americans have always been able to handle austerity and even adversity. Prosperity is what is doing us in.
James Reston
Prosperity has brought complications. Our lives are busier, faster, more stressful. They're nostalgic for a simpler, slower time.
Matt Ridley
My leadership will end the Obama era and begin a new era of American prosperity.
Mitt Romney
Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.
Rosalind Russell