George S. Clason Quotes

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“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. Alas, they cannot be forgotten. In the front rank of the torments that do follow us are the memories of the things we should have done, of the opportunities which came to us and we took not.”
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Advice is one thing that is freely given away, but watch that you only take what is worth having.

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“Our acts can be no wiser than our thoughts.”

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

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

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“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?”

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“The hungrier one becomes, the clearer one's mind works- also the more sensitive one becomes to the odors of food.”

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

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“The sun that shines today is the sun that shone when thy father was born, and
will still be shining when thy last grandchild shall pass into the darkness.”

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“Where the determination is, the way can be found.”

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

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

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“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.”

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“When no buyers were near, he talked to me earnestly to impress upon me how valuable work would be to me in the future: 'Some men hate it. They make it their enemy. Better to treat it like a friend, make thyself like it. Don't mind because it is hard. If thou thinkest about what a good house thou build, then who cares if the beams are heavy and it is far from the well to carry the water for the plaster. Promise me, boy, if thou get a master, work for him as hard as thou canst. If he does not appreciate all thou do, never mind. Remember, work, well-done, does good to the man who does it. It makes him a better man.”

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“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.”

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“A part of all I earn is mine to keep!”

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Perhaps there is some secret we might learn if we but sought from those who knew,

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“The man who became of his understanding of the laws of wealth, acquireth a growing surplus, should give thought to those future days. He should plan certain investments or provisions that may endure safely for many years, yet will be available when the time arrives which he has so wisely anticipated.”

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Good luck can be enticed by accepting opportunity.

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“Wealth, like a tree, grows from a tiny seed. The first copper you save is the seed from which your tree of wealth shall grow. The sooner you plant that seed the sooner shall the tree grow. And the more faithfully you nourish and water that tree with consistent savings, the sooner may you bask in contentment beneath its shade.”

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“Never mind though our purses be as empty as the falcon's nest of a year ago. Let that not detain us. We are weary of being without gold in the midst of plenty. We wish to become men of means. Come, let us go to Arkad and ask how we, also, may acquire incomes for ourselves.”

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Now, at last, we see a light, bright like that from the rising sun. It biddeth us to learn more that we may prosper more. With a new understanding we shall find honorable ways to accomplish our desires." "Let us go to Arkad this very day," Bansir urged, "Also, let us ask other friends of our boyhood days, who have fared no better than ourselves, to join us that they, too, may share in his wisdom." "Thou wert ever thus thoughtful of thy friends, Bansir. Therefore hast thou many friends. It shall be as thou sayest. We go this day and take them with us.

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How can you call yourself a free man when your weakness has brought you to this? If a man has in himself the soul of a slave will he not become one no matter what his birth, even as water seeks its level? If a man has within him the soul of a free man, will he not become respected and honored in his own city in spite of his misfortune?

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You left them alone and they grew too strong for thee. Hadst fought them as a man, thou couldst have conquered them and been one, honored among thy townspeople. But thou had not the soul to fight them and behold thou hast gone down until thou art a slave in Syria.

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“Yet he did possess one of the vital requirements to increase his earnings. Within him was a strong desire to earn more,”

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“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.”

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“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.”

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

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“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.”

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“Truth is always simple.”

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“A PART OF ALL YOU EARN IS YOURS TO KEEP.”

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“And then another friend spoke up and said, "If what you tell is true, and it does seem as you have said, reasonable, then being so simple, if all men did it, there would not be enough wealth to go around." "Wealth grows wherever men exert energy," Arkad replied. "If a rich man builds him a new palace, is the gold he pays out”

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“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.”

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

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“Therefore, please some good gentlemen, tell me that right name you call man who puts off doing those things that mighty good for him." "Procrastinator," called a voice.”

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“My admiration stranger within our gates, who hesitates not to speak the truth.”

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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.

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

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Men of action are favored by the Goddess of luck.

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

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“Wealth is power. With wealth many things are possible.”

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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.

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

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

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Wealth that comes quickly, goeth the same way.

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

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

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