Long ago I lost the joy in living. The only joy I have is in my giving.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERDo 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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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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I should say in general the advantage of education is to better fit a man for life’s work. I would advise young men to take a college course, as a rule, but think some are just as well off with a thorough business training.
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Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed.
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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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When work goes out of style we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.
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The man will be most successful who confers the greatest service on the world.
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God gave me my money.
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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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I have ways of making money that you know nothing of.
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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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Homeopathy is a progressive and aggressive step in medicine.
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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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I was early taught to work as well as play. My life has been one long, happy holiday; Full of work and full of play- I dropped the worry on the way- And God was good to me everyday.
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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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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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