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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERA man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily.
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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
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I shall use such influence as I have in emphasizing the basic truths common to all denominations, in lowering denominational barriers and in promoting effective cooperation among Christians of whatever creed.
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The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.
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Long ago I lost the joy in living. The only joy I have is in my giving.
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Homeopathy is a progressive and aggressive step in medicine.
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When work goes out of style we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.
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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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When a man has accumulated a sum of money, accumulated it within the law, the Government has no right to share in its earnings.
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I never placed my head upon the pillow at night without reminding myself that my success might only be temporary.
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Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
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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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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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Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.
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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
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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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I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
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The impression was gaining ground with me that it was a good thing to let the money be my slave and not make myself a slave to money.
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The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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I believe the power to make money is a gift of God.
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Money is a way of keeping COUNT on how well you’re doing in business.
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Character – not wealth, power, or position – is the supreme word.
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I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
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I had to work my way up to be where I am now. All these companies could have done the same.
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Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
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We are coming to see that there should be no stifling of labor by capital, or of capital by labor; and also that there should be no stifling of labor by labor, or of capital by capital.
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