Gold Quotes
Man is a gregarious animal and much more so in his mind than in his body. A golden rule; judge men not by their opinions but by what their opinions have made of them.Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
I, on the other hand, have a degree from the University of Life, a diploma from the School of Hard Knocks, and three gold stars from the Kindergarten of Getting the Shit Kicked Out of Me.Captain Edmund Blackadder, Blackadder Goes Forth
I have become rather like King Midas, except that everything turns not into gold but into a circus.Albert Einstein
Pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on one memorable day.Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
He fishes well who uses a golden hook.Latin Prove
You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by. Yes, but some of them are golden only because we let them slip by.James Barrie
Spare minutes are the Gold - Dust of time; the portions of life most fruitful in good and evil; the gaps through which temptations enter.Author Unknown
I was born at the age of 12 on a Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer lot.Judy Garland
All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost.J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring, 1954
All that is gold does not glitter not all those that wander are lost.J. R. R. Tolkien
Everyone realized that Computervision stock was the golden goose. But one grabbed the leg, another grabbed a wing, another got the neck, all pulling hard, and they realize now they could kill the goose if they keep this up.Charles Foundyller of Daratech, from 8/14/92 Wall St Journal
Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold - - But so does a hard - Boiled egg.Unknown
Fire is the test of gold adversity, of strong men.Seneca
Ah, Hope what would life be, stripped of thy encouraging smiles, that teach us to look behind the dark clouds of to - Day, for the golden beams that are to gild the morrow.La Rochefoucauld
Everything has its limit - - Iron ore cannot be educated into gold. - 1906.Mark Twain
Better stop short than fill to the brim. Oversharpen the blade, and the edge will soon blunt. Amass a store of gold and jade, and no one can protect it. Claim wealth and titles, and disaster will follow. Retire when the work is done. This is the way of heaven.Tao Te Ching
Recommend to your children virtue that alone can make them happy, not gold.Ludwig van Beethoven
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.J. R. R. Tolkien
Friendship is the golden thread that ties the hearts of all hearts of all the world.John Evelyn
One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.Malayan Prove
Not all treasure is silver and gold, mate.Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean
Happy the man who, like Ulysses, has made a fine voyage, or has won the Golden Fleece, and then returns, experienced and knowledgeable, to spend the rest of his life among his family.Joachim du Bellay
Many a crown of wisdom is but the golden chamberpot of success, worn with pompous dignity.Joey Adams
RICHER THAN GOLDYou may have tangible wealth untoldCaskets of jewels and coffers of gold. Richer than I you can never be - - I had a mother who read to me.Strickland Gillilan
A grain of gold will gild a great surface, but not so much as a grain of wisdom. - From Live Without Principle.Henry David Thoreau
The golden rule of cats that governs all relationships we have with people: you scratch my back, you scratch my back.David Fisher, Conversations with My Cat
We all live in a televised goldfish bowl.Kingman Brewster, Jr.
They deem me mad for I will not sell my days for gold; I deem them mad for they think my days have a price.Kahlil Gibran
It is in men as in soils where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not of.Jonathan Swift
Hay is more acceptable to an ass than gold.Latin Prove
They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed, that even men for whom it was made, and by whom it has its value, should yet be thought of less value than it is.Sir Thomas More, Utopia
The source of the famous Golden Rule. Many famous lines were variations on this theme.Bible
Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.Euripides
Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze.Elinor Glyn
The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us and we see nothing but sand the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.George Eliot
Have regard for your name, since it will remain for you longer than a great store of gold.Ecclesiasticus, Aprocrypha (Ec. 41: 12)
