It is very important to remember what other people tell you, not so much what you yourself already know.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERLong ago I lost the joy in living. The only joy I have is in my giving.
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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
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I have nothing else to say other than I wasn’t corrupt, unfair, or greedy. I was smart when it came to making decisions for my company, and I wasn’t greedy. I gave to others in charity and donated money to fund programs. I have nothing else to say.
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I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
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That is not true I am not a greedy man because if I was why would i donate money to charity? I care about others as well.
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God gave me my money.
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I was born into it and there was nothing I could do about it. It was there, like air or food, or any other element. The only question with wealth is what you do with it.
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I never placed my head upon the pillow at night without reminding myself that my success might only be temporary.
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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
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The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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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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My mother was given to a typical question: “We have always done this. Why should we do anything else?” But my wife’s typical question was “We have always done this. Why don’t we do it another way or, better still, why not do something else?”
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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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I don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money’s sake.
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