George S. Clason Quotes & Sayings

We are weary of being without gold in the midst of plenty. We wish to become men of means. — George S. Clason

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. — George S. Clason

In the strength of thine on desires is a magic power. — George S. Clason

Had declared himself an egg merchant. "If thou select one of thy baskets and put into it each morning ten eggs and take out from it each evening nine eggs, what will eventually happen?" "It will become in time overflowing." "Why?" "Because each day I put in one more egg than I take out." Arkad turned to the class with a smile. "Does any man here have a lean purse?" First they looked amused. Then they laughed. — George S. Clason

The hungrier one becomes, the clearer one's mind works - also the more sensitive one becomes to the odors of food. — George S. Clason

As for time, all men have it in abundance. — George S. Clason

Those eager to grasp opportunities for their betterment, do attract 'good luck'. — George S. Clason

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. — George S. Clason

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? — George S. Clason

The more of wisdom we know, the more we may earn. That man who seeks to learn more of his craft shall be richly rewarded. If he is an artisan, he may seek to learn the methods and the tools of those most skillful in the same line. If he laboreth at the law or at healing, he may consult and exchange knowledge with others of his calling. — George S. Clason

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. — George S. Clason

I looked across into the uninviting distance and once again came to me the question, 'Have I the soul of a slave or the soul of a free man?' Then with clearness I realized that if I had the soul of a slave, I should give up, lie down in the desert and die, a fitting end for a runaway slave. "But if I had the soul of a free man, what then? Surely I would force my way back to Babylon, repay the people who had trusted me, bring happiness to my wife who had cared for me, bring peace and contentment to my parents. — George S. Clason

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. — George S. Clason

Wise are thy words, my friend," responded the buyer. "Good luck fled from procrastination in both these tales. Yet, this is not unusual. The spirit of procrastination is within all men. We desire riches; yet, how often when opportunity doth appear before us, that spirit of procrastination from within doth urge various delays in our acceptance. In listening to it we do become our own worst enemies. — George S. Clason

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. — George S. Clason

This I do to prove to thee, my father, of how much greater value I consider thy wisdom than thy gold. Yet, who can measure in bags of gold, the value of wisdom? 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. — George S. Clason

It costs nothing to ask wise advice from a good friend. — George S. Clason

A PART OF ALL YOU EARN IS YOURS TO KEEP. — George S. Clason

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. — George S. Clason

Seek advice from those who are competent through their own experience and success to give it. — George S. Clason

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 — George S. Clason

No man willingly permits the thief to rob his bins of grain. Nor does any man willingly permit an enemy to drive away his customers and rob him of his profits. When once I did recognize that such acts as these my enemy was committing, with determination I conquered him. So must every man master his own spirit of procrastination before he can expect to share in the rich treasures of Babylon. "What — George S. Clason

Luck has a peculiar habit of favoring those who do not depend on it. — George S. Clason

Our acts can be no wiser than our thoughts. — George S. Clason

Perhaps there is some secret we might learn if we but sought from those who knew, — George S. Clason

Usurious rates of return are deceitful sirens that sing but to lure the unwary upon the rocks of loss and remorse. — George S. Clason

The reason why we have never found measure of wealth. We never sought it. — George S. Clason

A lean purse is easier to cure than to endure. — George S. Clason

Good luck waits to come to that man who accepts opportunity. — George S. Clason

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

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? — George S. Clason

Where the determination is, the way can be found. — George S. Clason

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

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. — George S. Clason

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? — George S. Clason

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. — George S. Clason

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

Thou contentedly let the years slip by and make no effort to repay, then thou hast but the contemptible soul of a slave. No man is otherwise who cannot respect himself and no man can respect himself who does not repay honest debts. — George S. Clason

Wealth that comes quickly, goeth the same way. — George S. Clason

Money is plentiful for those who understand the simple laws which govern its acquisition. — George S. Clason

Will power is but the unflinching purpose to carry the task you set for yourself to fulfillment. — George S. Clason

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. — George S. Clason

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

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. — George S. Clason

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. — George S. Clason

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. — George S. Clason

Truth is always simple. — George S. Clason

Men of action are favored by the Goddess of luck. — George S. Clason

Our prosperity as a nation depends upon the personal financial prosperity of each of us as individuals. — George S. Clason

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. — George S. Clason

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. — George S. Clason

A part of all I earn is mine to keep! — George S. Clason

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. — 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. — George S. Clason

Without wisdom, gold is quickly lost by those who have it. — George S. Clason

Good luck can be enticed by accepting opportunity. — George S. Clason

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. — George S. Clason

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

My admiration stranger within our gates, who hesitates not to speak the truth. — George S. Clason

Deride not what I say because of its simplicity. Truth is always simple. — George S. Clason

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. — George S. Clason

So must every man master his own spirit of procrastination before he can expect to share in the rich treasures of Babylon. — George S. Clason

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. — George S. Clason

In those things toward which we exerted our best endeavors we succeeded. — George S. Clason

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. — George S. Clason

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

Opportunity is a haughty goddess who wastes no time with those who are unprepared. a — George S. Clason

You first learned to live upon less than you could earn. Next you learned to seek advice from those who were competent through their own experiences to give it. And, lastly, you have learned to make gold work for you. — George S. Clason

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

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. — George S. Clason

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. — George S. Clason

ACTION will lead thee forward to the successes thou dost desire. — George S. Clason

Wealth is power. With wealth many things are possible. — George S. Clason

Action will lead you forward to the success you desire. — George S. Clason

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. — George S. Clason

Yet he did possess one of the vital requirements to increase his earnings. Within him was a strong desire to earn more, — George S. Clason

Thy debts are thine enemies who have run thee out of Babylon', Sira had said. Yes, it was so. Why had I refused to stand my ground like a man? Why had I permitted my wife to go back to her father? Why had I been weak like a slave if I had not the soul of one? 'Then a strange thing happened. All the world seemed to be of a different color as though I had been looking at it through a colored stone which had suddenly been removed. At last I saw the true values in life. — George S. Clason

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. — George S. Clason

We are more apt to change our minds when right than wrong. — George S. Clason

And when youth comes to age for advice he receives the wisdom of years. — George S. Clason

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? — George S. Clason

[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. — George S. Clason

procrastination, — George S. Clason

That is truth, Kobbi, unpleasant thought though it be. We do not wish to go on year after year living slavish lives. Working, working, working! Getting nowhere. — George S. Clason