I believe the power to make money is a gift of God.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERWe 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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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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To think! All that power and he wasn’t even rich!
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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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Never lose interest in life and the world. Never allow yourself to become annoyed.
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Often-times the most difficult competition comes, not from the strong, the intelligent, the conservative competitor, but from the man who is holding on by the eyelids and is ignorant of his costs, and anyway he’s got to keep running or bust!
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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.
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The day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return.
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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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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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Never was I power thirsty, or trying to control everyone. I believed in educating everyone, so they could all get to the position I was at.
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Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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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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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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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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