George Samuel Clason (November 7, 1874 – April 7, 1957) was an American author. He is most associated with his book The Richest Man in Babylon which was first published in 1926.
Deride not what I say because of its simplicity. Truth is always simple.
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.
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?
He 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.
Wealth, like a tree, grows from a tiny seed.
In those things toward which we exerted our best endeavors we succeeded.
Seek advice from those who are competent through their own experience and success to give it.
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.
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?
Will power is but the unflinching purpose to carry the task you set for yourself to fulfillment.
Our acts can be no wiser than our thoughts.
Wealth that stays to give enjoyment and satisfaction to its owner comes gradually, because it is a child born of knowledge and persistent purpose.
Preceding accomplishment must be desire. Thy desires must be strong and definite.
I found the road to wealth when I decided that a part of all I earned was mine to keep.
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.
The reason why we have never found measure of wealth. We never sought it.
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.
A lean purse is easier to cure than to endure.
If you desire to help thy friend, do so in a way that will not bring thy friend's burdens upon thyself.
Remember, work, well done, does good to the man who does it. It makes him a better man.