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Money is the medium by which earthly success is measured. Money makes possible the enjoyment of the best the earth affords. Money is plentiful for those who understand the simple laws which govern its acquisition. Money is governed today by the same laws which controlled it when prosperous men thronged the streets of Babylon, six thousand years ago.
we ride in the same boat,
I decided to myself that I would claim my share of the good things of life. I would not be one of those who stand afar off, enviously watching others enjoy.
I decided that if I was to achieve what I desired, time and study would be required.
learning was of two kinds: the one kind 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?
‘I found the road to wealth when I decided that a part of all I earned was mine to keep. And so will you.’
‘Every gold piece you save is a slave to work for you. Every copper it earns is its child that also can earn for 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.
Advice is one thing that is freely given away, but watch that you take only what is worth having.
I have paid myself faithfully,’
‘You do eat the children of your savings.
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.
“Fortunate only in that I had the desire to prosper before I first met him.
Opportunity is a haughty goddess who wastes no time with those who are unprepared.”
Will power is but the unflinching purpose to carry a task you set for yourself to fulfillment.
When I set a task for myself, I complete it. Therefore, I am careful not to start difficult and impractical tasks, because I love leisure.”
A part of all you earn is yours to keep.
Surely it is a law of the Gods that unto him who keepeth and spendeth not a certain part of all his earnings, shall gold come more easily.
That what each of us calls our ‘necessary expenses’ will always grow to equal our incomes unless we protest to the contrary.
“The more of wisdom we know, the more we may earn.
men to be in the front rank of progress and not to stand still, lest they be left behind.
“Thus the seventh and last remedy for a lean purse is to cultivate thy own powers, to study and become wiser, to become more skillful, to so act as to respect thyself. Thereby shalt thou acquire confidence in thy self to achieve thy carefully considered desires.
To continue to be lucky is my great desire.
Good luck can be enticed by accepting opportunity.
“Action will lead thee forward to the successes thou dost desire.”
I would be guided by the wisdom of age and not by the inexperience of youth.
Gold bringeth unto its possessor responsibility and a changed position with his fellow men.
If you desire to help thy friend, do so in a way that will not bring thy friend’s burdens upon thyself.”
I do not wish to take risk of losing my gold for I have labored much and denied myself much to secure it.
If you risk losing it you risk losing all that it would earn as well.
Better a little caution than a great regret.
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?’
Art ready to take the road that leads back to self-respect? Canst thou see the world in its true color?
“Where the determination is, the way can be found,”
Where the determination is, the way can be found
I like to work and I like to do good work, for work is the best friend I’ve ever known. It has brought me all the good things I’ve had, my farm and cows and crops, everything.’
