That of all the 'oracies (aristocracy and democracy…

A flourishing, morally credible media is a vital component in the maintenance of genuinely public talk, argument about common good.

— Rowan Williams

No government can be strong and flourishing while the national character is weak and degraded. A government must flourish and decay with its subjects;…

— Benjamin Robbins Curtis

The economic position is only flourishing on the surface. Germany is in fact dancing on a volcano. If the short-term credits are called in,…

— Gustav Stresemann

“I’ve come to think that flourishing consists of putting yourself in situations in which you lose self-consciousness and become fused with other people, experiences,…

— David Brooks

The heavens are now seen to resemble a luxuriant garden, which contains the greatest variety of productions, in different flourishing beds.

— William Herschel

Flourishing is everyone's birthright. I'm trying to break this hold that being smiley and cheery has on what people think the good life is.

— Steve Jurvetson

To create a world in which life can flourish and prosper we must replace the values and institutions of capitalism with values and institutions…

— David Korten

“If they say you will fall, rise. If they say you will fail, succeed. If they say you will break, kept it together. If…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

A mass of dust, world's momentary slave, Is man, in state of our old Adam made, Soon born to die, soon flourishing to fade.

— Barnabe Barnes

Flourishing goes beyond happiness, or satisfaction with life. True, people who flourish are happy. But that's not the half of it. Beyond feeling good,…

— Barbara Fredrickson

I remember times when the whole music scene was just flourishing.

— Roscoe Mitchell

“There will be times in your life when things simply have to be replaced because they are tired, broken, worn out, harmful, outdated, or…

— Susan C. Young

The cognitive skills prized by the American educational establishment and measured by achievement tests are only part of what is required for success in…

— James Heckman

In Israel, a land lacking in natural resources, we learned to appreciate our greatest national advantage: our minds. Through creativity and innovation, we transformed…

— Shimon Peres

Ungrateful people breed negativity. No one gets any pleasure from giving to an ungrateful person. When you show appreciation, the object of your attention…

— Paul McCabe