Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI 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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A man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily.
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Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.
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I have ways of making money that you know nothing of.
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The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?
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Taxation has its limitations as a method of achieving better economic distribution since for this purpose it is essentially remedial. We must also take a positive approach by finding new ways to spread ownership of future capital growth more broadly in our society.
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And we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better.
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I have nothing else to say other than I wasn’t corrupt, unfair, or greedy. I was smart when it came to making decisions for my company, and I wasn’t greedy. I gave to others in charity and donated money to fund programs. I have nothing else to say.
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It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
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If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
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Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life.
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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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Well i know that my company is not corrupt or unfair because i got all this with all my hard work. I see no reason why you say my company was corrupt may you explain to me miss [Ida] Tarbell.
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It has always been my rule in business to make everything count.
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I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.
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Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim.
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