Quotes from George S. Clason

Die in the desert! Not I! With a new vision, I saw the things that I must do. First I would go back to Babylon and face every man to whom I owed an unpaid debt. I should tell them that after years of wandering and misfortune, I had come back to pay my debts as fast as God would permit. Next I should make a home for my wife and become a citizen of whom my parents should be proud. My debts were my enemies, but the men I owed were my friends for they had trusted me and believed in me.

We found water. We passed into a more fertile country where were grass and fruit. We found the trail to Babylon because the soul of a free man looks at life as a series of problems to be solved and solves them, while the soul of a slave whines, 'What can I

Enjoy life while you are here. Do not overstrain or try to save too much. If one-tenth of all you earn is as much as you can comfortably keep, be content to keep this portion. Live otherwise according to your income and let not yourself get niggardly and afraid to spend. Life is good and life is rich with things worthwhile and things to enjoy.

I staggered weakly to my feet. What mattered hunger? What mattered thirst? They were but incidents on the road to Babylon. Within me surged the soul of a free man going back to conquer his enemies and reward his friends. I thrilled with the great resolve.

Una parte de todo lo que gano es mía".

That what each of us calls our 'necessary expenses' will always grow to equal our incomes unless we protest to the contrary.

What reason have we to feel the good goddess would take that much interest in any man's bet upon a horse race? To me she is a goddess of love and dignity whose pleasure it is to aid those who are in need and to reward those who are deserving. I look to find her, not at the gaming tables or the races where men lose more gold than they win but in other places where the doings of men are more worthwhile and more worthy of reward.

Our wise acts accompany us through life to please us and to help us. Just as surely, our unwise acts follow us to plague and torment us.

He who takes advice about his savings from one who is inexperienced    in such matters, shall pay with his savings for proving the falsity of their opinions.

La riqueza, como el árbol, nace de una semilla. La primera moneda que ahorres será la semilla que hará germinar el árbol de tu riqueza. Cuanto antes siembres, antes crecerá el árbol. Cuanto más fielmente riegues y abones tu árbol, antes te refrescarás, satisfecho, bajo su sombra.

So ended the tale of Dabasir the camel trader of old Babylon. He found his own soul when he realized a great truth, a truth that had been known and used by wise men long before his time. It has led men of all ages out of difficulties and into success and it will continue to do so for those who have the wisdom to understand its magic power. It is for any man to use who reads these lines.

Como pode chamar a si mesmo um homem livre, quando sua própria fraqueza o trouxe à condição em que se acha? Se um homem tem dentro de si a alma de um escravo, não é exatamente nisso que se transforma, não obstante seu nascimento, assim como a água procura o seu nível?

If a rich man builds him a new palace, is the gold he pays out gone? No, the brickmaker has part of it and  the laborer has part of it, and the artist has part of it. And everyone who labors upon the house has part of it

Money is the medium by which earthly success is measured. Money makes possible the enjoyment of the best the earth affords. Money is plentiful for those who understand the simple laws which govern its acquisition.

Advice is one thing that is freely given away, but watch that you take only what is worth having.

los gastos que llamamos obligatorios siempre crecen en proporción a nuestros ingresos si no hacemos algo para evitarlo.

Gold bringeth unto its possessor responsibility and a changed position with his fellow men. It bringeth fear lest he lose it or it be tricked away from him. It bringeth a feeling of power and ability to do good. Likewise, it bringeth opportunities whereby his very good intentions may bring him into difficulties.

A PART OF ALL YOU EARN IS YOURS TO KEEP. It should not be less than a tenth no matter how little you earn.

Desires must be simple and definite. They defeat their own purpose should they be too many, too confusing, or beyond a man's training to accomplish.

Second, the PLAN doth provide that I shall support and clothe my good wife who hath returned to me with loyalty from the house of her father. For Mathon doth say that to take good care of a faithful wife putteth self respect into the heart of a man and addeth strength and determination to his purposes.

Thus the seventh and last remedy for a lean purse is to cultivate thy own powers, to study and become wiser, to become more skillful, to so act as to respect thyself. Thereby shalt thou acquire confidence in thy self to achieve thy carefully considered desires.

We all hope to be favored by the whimsical Goddess of Good Luck.

The desire to be lucky is universal.

Una parte de lo que me gano es mía para quedarme con ella'. Dilo en la mañana cuando primero te levantas. Dilo a mediodía. Dilo por la noche. Dilo cada hora de cada día. Dilo a ti mismo hasta que las palabras parezcan letras de fuego en el cielo.