George S. Clason Quotes

“A lean purse is easier to cure than to endure.”

“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.”

“A part of all you earn is yours to keep.”

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

“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.”

“As for time, all men have it in abundance.”

“Babylon became the wealthiest city of the ancient world because its citizens were the richest people of their time. They appreciated the value of money. They practiced sound financial principles in acquiring money, keeping money and making their money earn more money. They provided for themselves what we all desire... incomes for the future.”

“Better a little caution than a great regret.”

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

“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.”

“Every gold you save is a slave for you. Every copper it earns is its child that also can earn for you.”

“Gold is reserved for those who know its laws and abide by them.”

“Gold slippeth away from the man who invests it in businesses or purposes with which he is not familiar or which are not approved by those skilled in its keep.”

“Good luck can be enticed by accepting opportunity.”

“Good luck waits to come to that man who accepts opportunity.”

“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 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?”

“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 costs nothing to ask wise advice from a good friend.”

“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?”

“Men of action are favored by the Goddess of luck.”

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

“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.”

“Perhaps there is some secret we might learn if we but sought from those who knew.”

“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.”