George Clason - The Richest Man In Babylon
- 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, 6000 years ago.
The Man Who Desired Gold
The Richest Man In Babylon
A part of all you earn is yours to keep.
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How to acquire, keep and use money:
- Live upon less than you can earn.
- Seek advice from those who are competent through their own experiences to give it.
- Learn to make gold work for you.
- When you set a task for yourself, complete it. Therefore, be careful not to start difficult and impractical tasks, because you love leisure.
- Enjoy life while you are here.
7 Cures For A Lean Purse
- Start thy purse to fattening. For every 10 coins you place within your purse take out for use but 9. Your purse will start to fatten at once and its increasing weight will feel good in your hand and bring satisfaction to your soul.
- Control thy expenditures. That what you call 'necessary expenditures' will always grow to equal your income unless you protest to the contrary. Budget your expenses that you may have coins to pay for your necessities, to pay for your enjoyments and to gratify your worthwhile desires without spending more than 9/10th of your earnings.
- Make thy gold multiply. To put each coin to laboring that it may reproduce its kind even as the flocks of the field and help bring to you income, a stream of wealth that shall flow constantly into your purse.
- Guard thy treasures from loss. Guard your treasures from loss by investing only where your principal is safe, where it may be reclaimed if desirable, and where you will not fail to collect a fair rental. Consult with wise men. Secure the advice of those experienced in the profitable handling of gold. Let their wisdom protect your treasure from unsafe investments.
- Make of thy dwelling a profitable investment. Own your own home.
- Insure a future income. It behooves a man to make preparation for a suitable income in the days to come, and to make preparations for his family should he be no longer with them to comfort and support them. No man can afford not to insure a treasure for his old age and the protection of his family, no matter how prosperous his business and his investments may be. Provide in advance for the needs of your growing age and the protection of your family.
- Increase your ability to earn. Preceding accomplishment must be desire. Your desires must be strong and definite. Wealth is accumulated first in small sums, then in larger ones as you learn and become more capable. You must pay your debts with all the promptness within your power, not purchasing that for which you are unable to pay. You must take care of your family that they may think and speak well of you. You must make a will of record that, in case the Gods call you, proper and honorable division of your property be accomplished. You must have compassion upon those who are injured and smitten by misfortune and aid them within reasonable limits. You must do deeds of thoughtfulness to those dear to you. Cultivate your own powers, study and become wiser, become more skillful, so act as to respect yourself.
Meet The Goddess Of Good Luck
Men of action are favored by the goddess of good luck.
- 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 you forward to the successes you most desire.
The 5 Laws Of Gold
- Gold comes gladly and in increasing quantity to any man who will put by not less than 1/10th of his earnings to create an estate for his future and that of his family.
- Gold labors diligently and contentedly for the wise owner who finds for it profitable employment, multiplying even as the flocks of the field.
- Gold clings to the protection of the cautious owner who invests it under the advice of men wise in its handling.
- Gold slips away from the man who invests it in businesses or purposes with which he is not familiar or which are not approved by those skilled in its keep.
- Gold flees the man who would force it to impossible earnings or who follows the alluring advice of tricksters and schemers or who trusts it to his own inexperience and romantic desires in investment.
The Gold Lender Of Babylon
Better a little caution than a great regret.
- If you desire to help your friend, do so in a way that will not bring your friend's burdens upon yourself.
- If the loan is based on property or on human effort, you are (mostly) assured that your gold will be returned with the rental thereon.
- Humans in the throes of great emotions are not safe risks for the gold lender.
- Your first desire is for safety, your second desire is to earn more gold.
The Walls Of Babylon
We cannot afford to be without adequate protection.
- Be fully protected. Behind the impregnable walls of insurance, savings accounts and dependable investments, we can guard ourselves against the unexpected tragedies that may enter any door and seat themselves before any fireside.
The Camel Trader Of Babylon
Where the determination is, the way can be found.
The Clay Tablets From Babylon
- 1/10th of all you earn shall be set aside as your own to keep.
- 7/10th of all you earn shall be used to provide a home, clothes to wear, and food to eat, with a bit extra to spend, that our lives be not lacking in pleasure and enjoyment.
- 2/10ths of all you earn shall be divided honorably and fairly among those who have trusted you and to whom you are indebted.
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Posted on 1st September 2007 by Quintus Hegie
