The impression was gaining ground with me that it was a good thing to let the money be my slave and not make myself a slave to money.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERCharity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
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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 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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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
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The person with big talk and big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts. I believe that the law was made for man and not man for the law; that government is the servant of the people and not their master.
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It has always been my rule in business to make everything count.
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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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The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?
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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
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God gave me my money.
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The best business in the world is a well run oil company. The second best business in the world is a badly run oil company.
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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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Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed.
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The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.
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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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