Ancient Wisdom on Creating Prosperity

What we think,
we become.
~ Buddha

Then God said,
" Let us make man in our image,
in our likeness."
~ The Bible, Genesis 1:26

What is within us is also without.
What is without is also within.
~ The Upanishads, sacred Hindu scripture

The universe is transformation.
Our life is what our thoughts make it.
~ Marcus Aurelius, ancient Roman emperor, philosopher

I am the maker of my own fortune.
~ Tecumseh, former chief Shawnee Nation

Whatever happens,
I will not let my cheerfulness be disturbed.
Being unhappy won’t get me anywhere
and will dissipate all my goodness.
Why be unhappy about something if you can change it?
And if you can’t, how will being unhappy help?
~ Shantideva, the 14th Dalai Lama, 8th Century

Neither a lofty degree of intelligence, nor imagination,
nor both together, go to the making of genius.
Love, love, love,
that is the soul of genius.
~ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian child prodigy, composer

He who wants to do good, knocks at the gate;
he who loves finds the gates open.
~ Rabindranath Tagore, Indian poet & philosopher

They are able who think they are able.
~ Virgil, ancient Roman poet, philosopher

You are
what your deep, driving desire is.
As your desire is, so is your will.
As your will is, so is your deed.
As your deed is, so is your destiny.
~ The Upanishads, sacred Hindu scripture