George Clason

We do not wish to go on year after year living slavish lives. Working, working, working! Getting nowhere."

You first learned to live upon less than you could earn. Next you learned to seek advice from those who were

" 'Arkad,' he continued, 'you have learned your lessons well. 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.

you have not acquired more than a bare existence in the years since we were youths, it is because you either have failed to learn the laws that govern the building of

wealth, or else you do not observe them

all I earn is mine to keep

, I decided that if I was to achieve what I desired, time and study would be required.

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.

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. Do not buy from the clothes-maker and the sandal-maker more than you can pay out of the rest and still have enough for food and charity and penance to the gods.

ealth, 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.'