George S. Clason quotes:

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  • Wealth that comes quickly, goeth the same way.

  • You've learned the lessons well. You first learned to live on less than you earn. Next you learned to seek advice from those who are competent. Lastly, you've learned to make gold work for you.

  • The reason why we have never found measure of wealth. We never sought it.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • It was apparent that no one could do for the scribe what the scribe had done for himself.

  • It costs nothing to ask wise advice from a good friend.

  • A lean purse is easier to cure than to endure.

  • Action will lead you forward to the success you desire.

  • As for time, all men have it in abundance.

  • Deride not what I say because of its simplicity. Truth is always simple.

  • Gold cometh gladly and in increasing quantity to any man who will put by not less than one-tenth of his earnings to create an estate for his future and that of his family.

  • Luck has a peculiar habit of favoring those who do not depend on it.

  • Men of action are favored by the Goddess of luck.

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

  • If I set for myself a task, be it so trifling, I shall see it through. How else shall I have confidence in myself to do important things?

  • We are weary of being without gold in the midst of plenty. We wish to become men of means.

  • [H]e 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.

  • Opportunity is a haughty goddess who wastes no time with those who are unprepared. a

  • In the strength of thine on desires is a magic power.

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

  • Budget thy expenses that thou mayest have coins to pay for thy necessities, to pay for thy enjoyments, and to gratify thy worthwhile desires without spending more than nine-tenths of thy earnings.

  • 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

  • Each man has to work out his own understanding of what needs to be done, and then prepare himself to take advantage of the opportunity to succeed in a big way.

  • 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.

  • I found the road to wealth when I decided that a part of all I earned was mine to keep.

  • If you desire to help thy friend, do so in a way that will not bring thy friend's burdens upon thyself.

  • In those things toward which we exerted our best endeavors we succeeded.

  • It is true that money cannot buy happiness but it does make it possible for you to enjoy the best that the world has to offer.

  • Learning was of two kinds: the one 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?

  • One may not condemn a man for succeeding financially because he knows how. Neither may one with justice take away for a man what he has fairly earned, to give to men of less ability.

  • Our acts can be no wiser than our thoughts.

  • Our prosperity as a nation depends upon the personal financial prosperity of each of us as individuals.

  • Preceding accomplishment must be desire. Thy desires must be strong and definite.

  • Proper preparation is the key to our success. Our acts can be no wiser than our thoughts. Our thinking can be no wiser than our understanding.

  • Remember, work, well done, does good to the man who does it. It makes him a better man.

  • Seek advice from those who are competent through their own experience and success to give it.

  • The more wisdom we know the more we may earn. Those who seek to learn more of their craft shall be richly rewarded.

  • We are more apt to change our minds when right than wrong.

  • 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 do who am but a slave?

  • Wealth is power. With wealth many things are possible.

  • Wealth that stays to give enjoyment and satisfaction to its owner comes gradually, because it is a child born of knowledge and persistent purpose.

  • Wealth, like a tree, grows from a tiny seed.

  • Where the determination is, the way can be found.

  • Will power is but the unflinching purpose to carry the task you set for yourself to fulfillment.

  • Without wisdom, gold is quickly lost by those who have it.

  • Money is plentiful for those who understand the simple laws which govern its acquisition.

  • ...good luck waits to come to that man who accepts opportunity.

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