Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI think it is a man’s duty to make all the money he can, keep all that he can and give away all that he can.
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There is nothing in this world that can compare with the Christian fellowship; nothing that can satisfy but Christ.
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I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.
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I believe the power to make money is a gift from God to be developed and used to the best of our ability for the good of mankind.
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Who is the poorest man in the world? I tell you, the poorest man I know of is the man who has nothing but money.
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To think! All that power and he wasn’t even rich!
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Do not many of us who fail to achieve big things fail because we lack concentration-the art of concentrating the mind on the thing to be done at the proper time and to the exclusion of everything else?
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The man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won’t succeed, you must have a larger ambition.
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Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
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Never was I power thirsty, or trying to control everyone. I believed in educating everyone, so they could all get to the position I was at.
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A man’s wealth must be determined by the relation of his desires and expenditures to his income. If he feels rich on ten dollars, and has everything else he desires, he really is rich.
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It has always been my rule in business to make everything count.
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I have long been profoundly convinced that in the very nature of things, employers and employees are partners, not enemies; that their interests are common not opposed; that in the long run the success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life.
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The day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return.
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I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
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