I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI shall use such influence as I have in emphasizing the basic truths common to all denominations, in lowering denominational barriers and in promoting effective cooperation among Christians of whatever creed.
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Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed.
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I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
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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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There is no feeling in this world to be compared with self-reliance–do not sacrifice that to anything else.
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I shall use such influence as I have in emphasizing the basic truths common to all denominations, in lowering denominational barriers and in promoting effective cooperation among Christians of whatever creed.
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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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Get rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.
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We can never learn too much of His will towards us, too much of His messages and His advice. The Bible is His word and its study gives at once the foundation for our faith and an inspiration to battle onward in the fight against the tempter.
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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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I never would have been able to tithe the first million dollars I ever made if I had not tithed my first salary, which was $1.50 per week.
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How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.
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Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
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The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?
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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
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The common denominator for success is work.
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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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I believe the power to make money is a gift of God.
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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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The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
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Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.
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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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When a man has accumulated a sum of money, accumulated it within the law, the Government has no right to share in its earnings.
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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
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