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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERGiving is the secret to a healthy life. Not necessarily money, but whatever a person has to give of encouragement, sympathy, and understanding.
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I never said that I wanted to be the only company, is it my fault that I ran my company well? Wouldn’t you want the best for your company? Also consider that I started of small.
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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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Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
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I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
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I believe the power to make money is a gift of God.
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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save. I have always regarded it a as a religious duty to get all I could honorably and to give all I could.
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I don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
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Money is a way of keeping COUNT on how well you’re doing in business.
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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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Let the good work go on. We must ever remember we are refining oil for the poor man and he must have it cheap and good.
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The best philanthropy is constantly in search of the finalities-a search for a cause, an attempt to cure evils at their source.
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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 raised my prices since there wasn’t any competition it was just the smart thing to do. Why would I keep my prices up if their wasn’t anyone to beat?
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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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