The Richest Man in Babylon: 9789387669369 (GP Self-Help Collection Book 1)

by George S. Clason

Our acts can be no wiser than our thoughts. Our thinking can be no wiser than our understanding.

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

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

what each of us calls our ‘necessary expenses’ will always grow to equal our incomes unless we protest to the contrary.

There are limits to my time. There are limits to my strength. There are limits to the distance I may travel. There are limits to what I may eat. There are limits to the zest with which I may enjoy.

That is what thou, each one of thee desireth; an income that continueth to come whether thou work or travel.

Guard thy treasure from loss by investing only where thy principal is safe, where it may be reclaimed if desirable, and where thou will not fail to collect a fair rental. Consult with wise men.

“Desires must be simple and definite.

good luck waits to come to that man who accepts opportunity,”

“If the bargain be good, then dost thou need protection against thy own weaknesses as much as against any other man. We mortals are changeable. Alas, I must say more apt to change our minds when right than wrong.

“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.

“Good luck, we do find, often follows opportunity but seldom comes otherwise.

Good luck can be enticed by accepting opportunity.

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