Quotes from George S. Clason

If thou use it wisely, it will be the basis of thy future success.

I wish to be a man of means. I wish to own lands and cattle

but I wish my labors to be fairly rewarded.

This shrewd deceit taught me my first lesson in looking out for myself.

Babylon had fallen, never to rise again, but to it civilization owes much.

Income, that is the thing. I wish an income that will keep flowing into my purse whether I sit upon the wall or travel to far lands.

had I but sought wisdom first, my gold would not have been lost to me.

I advise that you take the wisdom of Algamish and say to yourselves, 'A part of all I earn is mine to keep.' Say it in the morning when you first arise. Say it at noon. Say it at night. Say it each hour of every day. Say it to yourself until the words stand out like letters of fire across the sky.

As for study, did not our wise teacher teach us that learning was of two kinds: the one kind being the things we learned and knew, and the other being the training that taught us how to find out what we did not know?

I would be guided by the wisdom of age and not by the inexperience of youth.

I found the road to wealth when I decided that a part of all I earned was mine to keep. And so will you.

I not only made back as much as I lost, but much more.

He was generous in his charities. He was generous with his family.

Through my misfortunes, my trials and my success

Income, that is the thing. I wish an income that will keep flowing into my purse whether I sit on the wall or travel to far lands.

Money is governed today by the same laws which controlled it when prosperous men thronged the streets of Babylon, six thousand years ago.

he who spends more than he earns is sowing the winds of needless self-indulgence from which he is sure to reap the whirlwinds of trouble and humiliation.

Cada um tem seu lugar. Fico feliz que o trabalho não seja reservado para escravos. Se fosse esse o caso, eu seria privado de meu maior prazer. Muitas coisas eu gosto, mas nada substitui o trabalho.

Without wisdom, gold is quickly lost by those who have it, but with wisdom, gold can be secured by those who have it not, as these three bags of gold do prove.

Men of Action are Favored by the goddess of Good Luck.

partir deste dia, usarei a sua chave. Devo começar humildemente como ele começou, o que é muito mais adequado à minha verdadeira posição do que joias e roupas finas.

Gold clingeth to the protection of the cautious owner who invests it under the advice of men wise in its handling.

I do know them each by heart because

The thoughts of youth,' he continued, 'are bright lights that shine forth like the meteors that oft make brilliant the sky, but the wisdom of age is like the fixed stars that shine so unchanged that the sailor may depend upon them to steer his course.