Do not many of us who fail to achieve big things fail because we lack concentration-the art of concentrating the mind on the thing to be done at the proper time and to the exclusion of everything else?
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER
Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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Do not many of us who fail to achieve big things fail because we lack concentration-the art of concentrating the mind on the thing to be done at the proper time and to the exclusion of everything 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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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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When work goes out of style we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.
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I never would have been able to tithe the first million dollars I ever made if I had not tithed my first salary, which was $1.50 per week.
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Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
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How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.
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I believe the power to make money is a gift of God.
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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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A man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily.
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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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Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.
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Own nothing, control everything.
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I cheat my boys every chance I get. I trade with the boys and skin ’em and I just beat ’em every time I can. I want to make ’em sharp.
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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
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