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.
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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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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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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It is very important to remember what other people tell you, not so much what you yourself already know.
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Giving 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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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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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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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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Our cup will truly run over only after we have sealed the character cracks.
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I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates.
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I cheat my boys every chance I get. I trade with the boys and skin ’em and I just beat ’em every time I can. I want to make ’em sharp.
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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
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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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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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Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
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