Gold Quotes
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
As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which he cannot apply will make no man wise.Samuel Johnson
Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace.Horace, Odes
Silver and gold are not the only coin virtue too passes current all over the world.Euripides
Have regard for your name, since it will remain for you longer than a great store of gold.Ecclesiasticus, Aprocrypha (Ec. 41: 12)
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
Not all treasure is silver and gold, mate.Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean
All that is gold does not glitter not all those that wander are lost.J. R. R. Tolkien
An inch of time cannot be bought with an inch of gold.Chinese Prove
Hay is more acceptable to an ass than gold.Latin Prove
An ass is but an ass, though laden with gold.Romanian Prove
I look at my myself and see a stone, I look at my friends and see gold, But I look at you, and see a gem.Unknown
Marriage is the golden ring in a chain, whose beginning is a glance and whose ending is eternity.Kahlil Gibran
The source of the famous Golden Rule. Many famous lines were variations on this theme.Bible
Many a crown of wisdom is but the golden chamberpot of success, worn with pompous dignity.Joey Adams
Beauty holds more worth than gold.Robert Jordan, The Wheel of Time
Recommend to your children virtue that alone can make them happy, not gold.Ludwig van Beethoven
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
It is especially important to encourage unorthodox thinking when the situation is critical At such moments every new word and fresh thought is more precious than gold. Indeed, people must not be deprived of the right to think their own thoughts.Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin
A book holds a house of gold.Chinese Prove
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
All is not gold that glitters.Miguel de Cervantes
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
Come live with me, and be my love, And we will some new pleasures prove Of golden sands, and crystal brooks, With silken lines, and silver hooks.John Donne
Early morning hath gold in its mouth.Benjamin Franklin
All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost.J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring, 1954
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.J. R. R. Tolkien
Think, In mounting higher, The angels would press on us, and aspire To drop some golden orb of perfect song Into our deep, dear silence.Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.Euripides
Fire is the test of gold adversity, of strong men.Seneca
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
Gold for friends, Lead for foes.Anastasio Somoza Garc? a, Dictator of Nicaragua 1936 - 1956
Dig where the gold is unless you just need some exercise.John M. Capozzi
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
Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze.Elinor Glyn
The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.George Bernard Shaw
