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?”
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERCharacter – not wealth, power, or position – is the supreme word.
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There is nothing in this world that can compare with the Christian fellowship; nothing that can satisfy but Christ.
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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
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I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.
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Homeopathy is a progressive and aggressive step in medicine.
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Get rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.
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I have long been profoundly convinced that in the very nature of things, employers and employees are partners, not enemies; that their interests are common not opposed; that in the long run the success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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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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It is very important to remember what other people tell you, not so much what you yourself already know.
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Competition is a sin.
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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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Giving is the secret to a healthy life. Not necessarily money, but whatever a person has to give of encouragement, sympathy, and understanding.
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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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The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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The man will be most successful who confers the greatest service on the world.
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