Gold Quotes

• If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Life, Change, Happiness

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.152, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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  Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Inspirational, Trust, Spiritual

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• It is better to pay tribute of gold to the enemy than tribute of blood in war.

  Stefan Zweig

  War, Blood, Enemy

  Stefan Zweig (1929). “Jeremiah: A Drama in Nine Scenes”, p.73, Library of Alexandria

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• If gold must be gold, it must pass through the furnace.

  T. B. Joshua

  Furnaces, Ifs

  "Bewitching Favour". Africa News, September 22, 2009.

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• Count art by gold, and it fetters the feet it once winged.

  Ouida

  Art, Feet, Fetters

  Ouida (1873). “Pascarèl: Only a Story”, p.24

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• The Earth turns to Gold, in the hands of the wise.

  Rumi

  Wise, Hands, Earth

  Rumi (2018). “The Spiritual Poems of Rumi”, p.16, Wellfleet

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• Gold is money. Everything else is credit.

  J. P. Morgan

  Credit

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• Where you stumble and fall, there you will find gold.

  Joseph Campbell

  Inspirational, Fall, Power Of Myth

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• Fire tests gold, suffering tests brave men.

  Seneca the Younger

  Courage, Adversity, Men

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  Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.

  Democritus

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

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• Everything has its limit - iron ore cannot be educated into gold.

  Mark Twain

  Educational, Inspiration, Iron

  Mark Twain (2016). “What Is Man? And Other Essays”, p.6, Xist Publishing

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• The gold standard makes the money's purchasing power independent of the changing, ambitions and doctrines of political parties and pressure groups. This is not a defect of the gold standard; it is its main excellence.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Party, Independent, Ambition

  Ludwig von Mises (2016). “Human Action”, p.585, Lulu Press, Inc

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• Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a stupid bet because the rainbow was enough.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Gratitude, Appreciation, Attitude

  Rita Mae Brown (2014). “Rubyfruit Jungle”, p.29, Bantam

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• Today be thankful and think how rich you are. Your family is priceless, your time is gold and your health is wealth.

  Zig Ziglar

  Thinking, Being Thankful, Today

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Dec 22, 2013

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• The major asset in this category is gold, currently a huge favorite of investors who fear almost all other assets, especially paper money (of whose value, as noted, they are right to be fearful). Gold, however, has two significant shortcomings, being neither of much use nor procreative. True, gold has some industrial and decorative utility, but the demand for these purposes is both limited and incapable of soaking up new production. Meanwhile, if you own one ounce of gold for an eternity, you will still own one ounce at its end.

  Warren Buffett

  Two, Use, Paper

  "Berkshire’s Corporate Performance vs. the S&P 500". www.berkshirehathaway.com. 2012.

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• There can be no other criterion, no other standard than gold. Yes, gold which never changes, which can be shaped into ingots, bars, coins, which has no nationality and which is eternally and universally accepted as the unalterable fiduciary value par excellence.

  Charles de Gaulle

  Excellence, Bars, Fiduciary

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• Gold still represents the ultimate form of payment in the world. Fiat money in extremis is accepted by nobody. Gold is always accepted.

  Alan Greenspan

  World, Accepted, Form

  "Gold is again proving its value in a risky world" by George Trefgarne, www.telegraph.co.uk. December 23, 2002.

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• I have to follow my thoughts and mine for the gold. I have to dig it out.

  Bill Cosby

  My Thoughts, Mines

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  Love is the only gold.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Love, True Love, Love You

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.1972, Delphi Classics

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• Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.

  Martha Graham

  Leadership, Being Strong, Work

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• All of the government's monetary, economic and political power, as well as its extensive propaganda machinery, will be enlisted in a constant battle to drive down the price of gold - but in the absence of any fundamental change in the nation's monetary, fiscal, and economic direction, simply regard any major retreat in the price of gold as an unexpected buying opportunity.

  Irwin Schiff

  Opportunity, Government, Political

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• One secures the gold of the spirit when he finds himself.

  Claude M. Bristol

  Knowledge, Spirit, Security

  Dr. Robert C. Worstell, Napoleon Hill, Dorothea Brande, Claude M. Bristol “"Strangest Secret" Reference Collecion”, Lulu.com

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• Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world.

  Euripides

  Flipping A Coin, Coins, World

  "Oedipus". Play by Euripides, estimated between 415 and 406 BCE.

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• People find gold in fields, veins, river beds, and pockets. Whichever, it takes work to get it out.

  Art Linkletter

  Rivers, People, Bed

  "A Child's Garden of Misinformation". Book by Art Linkletter, 1965.

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  It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Fitness, Real

  "Spiritual Wealth Management: The Abundance Bible and Prosperity Manifesto". Book by George S. Mentz (p. 114), September 1, 2012.

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