#gold

For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver. ↗

— Martin Luther

#consider #every #far #glorious #gold

Democracy is never a thing done. Democracy is always something that a nation must be doing. What is necessary now is one thing and one thing only that democracy become again democracy in action, not democracy accomplished and piled up in goods and gold. ↗

— Archibald MacLeish

#action #again #always #become #democracy

He that is proud of riches is a fool. For if he is exalted above his neighbors because he has more gold, how much inferior is he to a gold mine. ↗

— Jeremy Taylor

#because #exalted #fool #gold #his

There is no intrinsic worth in money but what is alterable with the times, and whether a guinea goes for twenty pounds or for a shilling, it is the labor of the poor and not the high and low value that is set on gold or silver, which all the comforts of life must arise from. ↗

— Bernard de Mandeville

#comforts #goes #gold #guinea #high

Two golden hours somewhere between sunrise and sunset. Both are set with 60 diamond minutes. No reward is offered. They are gone forever. ↗

— Horace Mann

#both #diamond #forever #golden #gone

I'm a Golden Globe nominee, yes. It's very nice. It's a very nice thing, but I kind of think of all the awards I wasn't ever nominated for, for years and things. ↗

— Patrick Marber

#ever #globe #golden #golden globe #i

Ferdinand was a gold trader. He was a lawyer for mining companies. When he entered politics in l949, he had tons and tons of gold. When Bill Gates was a college dropout, Ferdinand already possessed billions of dollars and tons of gold. It wasn't stolen. ↗

— Imelda Marcos

#bill #bill gates #billions #college #companies

The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

#chance #environment #golden #help #luck

The golden rule for every business man is this: 'Put yourself in your customer's place.' ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

#customer #every #golden #golden rule #man

You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself. ↗

— Diana Ross

#get #give #golden #got #happen