I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money’s sake.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThere is nothing in this world that can compare with the Christian fellowship; nothing that can satisfy but Christ.
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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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To think! All that power and he wasn’t even rich!
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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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That is not true I am not a greedy man because if I was why would i donate money to charity? I care about others as well.
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I have nothing else to say other than I wasn’t corrupt, unfair, or greedy. I was smart when it came to making decisions for my company, and I wasn’t greedy. I gave to others in charity and donated money to fund programs. I have nothing else to say.
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I should say in general the advantage of education is to better fit a man for life’s work. I would advise young men to take a college course, as a rule, but think some are just as well off with a thorough business training.
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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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Long ago I lost the joy in living. The only joy I have is in my giving.
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When work goes out of style we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.
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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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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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There is nothing in this world that can compare with the Christian fellowship; nothing that can satisfy but Christ.
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I believe the power to make money is a gift from God to be developed and used to the best of our ability for the good of mankind.
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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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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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