I believe it is a religious duty to get all the money you can, fairly and honestly; to keep all you can, and to give away all you can.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in.
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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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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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Save when you can and not when you have to.
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I think it is a man’s duty to make all the money he can, keep all that he can and give away all that he can.
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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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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 believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.
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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
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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 only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?
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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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There is no feeling in this world to be compared with self-reliance–do not sacrifice that to anything else.
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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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