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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.’
If you would become wealthy, then what you save must earn, and its children must earn, that all may help to give to you the abundance you crave.
“‘A part of all you earn is yours to keep. It should be not less than a tenth no matter how little you earn. It can be as much more as you can afford. Pay yourself first.
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.’
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.’
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.
Opportunity is a haughty goddess who wastes no time with those who are unprepared.”
“Enjoy life while you are here. Do not overstrain or try to save too much. If one-tenth of all you earn is as much as you can comfortably keep, be content to keep this portion. Live otherwise according to your income and let not yourself get niggardly and afraid to spend. Life is good and life is rich with things worthwhile and things to enjoy.”
They realized that Algamish had come back each time to the room of the scribes because he was watching a man work his way out of darkness into light. When that man had found the light, a place awaited him. No one could fill that place until he had for himself worked out his own understanding, until he was ready for opportunity.
A part of all you earn is yours to keep.
Do exactly as I have suggested to the egg merchant. For every ten coins thou placest within thy purse take out for use but nine. Thy purse will start to fatten at once and its increasing weight will feel good in thy hand and bring satisfaction to thy soul.
what each of us calls our ‘necessary expenses’ will always grow to equal our incomes unless we protest to the contrary.
“Confuse not the necessary expenses with thy desires.
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.”
That is what thou, each one of thee desireth; an income that continueth to come whether thou work or travel.
be not too confident of thine own wisdom in entrusting thy treasures to the possible pitfalls of investments. Better by far to consult the wisdom of those experienced in handling money for profit.
That man who seeks to learn more of his craft shall be richly rewarded.
Therefore, I urge all men to be in the front rank of progress and not to stand still, lest they be left behind.
Opportunity waits for no man. Today it is here; soon it is gone. Therefore, delay not!’
“In this tale we see how good luck waits to come to that man who accepts opportunity,”
to attract good luck to oneself, it is necessary to take advantage of opportunities.
Good luck can be enticed by accepting opportunity.
“Action will lead thee forward to the successes thou dost desire.”
“Just so it is with the sons of men. Give them a choice of gold and wisdom — what do they do? Ignore the wisdom and waste the gold.
“Gold is reserved for those who know its laws and abide by them.”
there is no chain of disasters that will not come to an end.
Without wisdom, gold is quickly lost by those who have it, but with wisdom, gold can be secured by those who have it not,
“Wealth that comes quickly goeth the same way.
“Wealth that stayeth to give enjoyment and satisfaction to its owner comes gradually, because it is a child born of knowledge and persistent purpose.
“Youth is ambitious. Youth would take short cuts to wealth and the desirable things for which it stands. To secure wealth quickly youth often borrows unwisely.
Youth, never having had experience, cannot realize that hopeless debt is like a deep pit into which one may descend quickly and where one may struggle vainly for many days. It is a pit of sorrow and regrets where the brightness of the sun is overcast and night is made unhappy by restless sleeping.
It is easy to lend. If it is lent unwisely then it is difficult to get back. The wise lender wishes not the risk of the undertaking but the guarantee of safe repayment.
Forget not that gold slippeth away in unexpected ways from those unskilled in guarding it.
Gold wisely lent may even double itself with its earnings before a man like you groweth old. If you risk losing it you risk losing all that it would earn as well.
before thou let any piece of gold leave thy pouch to be sure that thou hast a safe way to pull it back again.
Better a little caution than a great regret.
We cannot afford to be without adequate protection.
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?’
“Where the determination is, the way can be found,”
“That man who keepeth in his purse both gold and silver that he need not spend is good to his family and loyal to his king. “The man who hath but a few coppers in his purse is indifferent to his family and indifferent to his king. “But the man who hath naught in his purse is unkind to his family and is disloyal to his king, for his own heart is bitter. “Therefore, the man who wisheth to achieve must have coin that he may keep to jingle in his purse, that he have in his heart love for his family and loyalty to his king.”
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.
There is more pleasure in running up such a surplus than there could be in spending it.
