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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI never said that I wanted to be the only company, is it my fault that I ran my company well? Wouldn’t you want the best for your company? Also consider that I started of small.
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I never said that I wanted to be the only company, is it my fault that I ran my company well? Wouldn’t you want the best for your company? Also consider that I started of small.
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God gave me my money.
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Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life.
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The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
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I shall use such influence as I have in emphasizing the basic truths common to all denominations, in lowering denominational barriers and in promoting effective cooperation among Christians of whatever creed.
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Who is the poorest man in the world? I tell you, the poorest man I know of is the man who has nothing but money.
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Never lose interest in life and the world. Never allow yourself to become annoyed.
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I don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
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I’m glad I wrote the book to show what I found out about the [ Standard Oil Company]. I’m glad many people read my book and found out the truth.
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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
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I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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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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There is no feeling in this world to be compared with self-reliance–do not sacrifice that to anything else.
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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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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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The person with big talk and big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts. I believe that the law was made for man and not man for the law; that government is the servant of the people and not their master.
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I was early taught to work as well as play. My life has been one long, happy holiday; Full of work and full of play- I dropped the worry on the way- And God was good to me everyday.
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How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.
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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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There is nothing in this world that can compare with the Christian fellowship; nothing that can satisfy but Christ.
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I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
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Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.
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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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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 man will be most successful who confers the greatest service on the world.
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Save when you can and not when you have to.
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