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 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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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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Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
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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 day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return.
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Character – not wealth, power, or position – is the supreme word.
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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.
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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.
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How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.
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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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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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Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life.
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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.
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Our cup will truly run over only after we have sealed the character cracks.
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Own nothing, control everything.
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Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
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The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
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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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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 from God to be developed and used to the best of our ability for the good of mankind.
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Oh, how blessed young men are who have to struggle for a foundation and beginning in life.
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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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I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.
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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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A man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily.
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The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?
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