I have made many millions but they have brought me no happiness.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERLong ago I lost the joy in living. The only joy I have is in my giving.
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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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I have ways of making money that you know nothing of.
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Believing that fundamental conditions of the country are sound, my son and I have for some days been purchasing sound common stocks
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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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It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
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Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.
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The best business in the world is a well run oil company. The second best business in the world is a badly run oil company.
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Competition is a sin.
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We can never learn too much of His will towards us, too much of His messages and His advice. The Bible is His word and its study gives at once the foundation for our faith and an inspiration to battle onward in the fight against the tempter.
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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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Our cup will truly run over only after we have sealed the character cracks.
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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.
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