The best philanthropy is constantly in search of the finalities-a search for a cause, an attempt to cure evils at their source.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERYou know that great prejudice exists against all successful business enterprise – the more successful, the greater the prejudice.
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When work goes out of style we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.
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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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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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God gave me my money.
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Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
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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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The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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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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The man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won’t succeed, you must have a larger ambition.
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A friendship built on business can be glorious, while a business built on friendship can be murder.
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I don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
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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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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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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 have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates.
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