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. ROCKEFELLERI have made many millions but they have brought me no happiness.
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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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I don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
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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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Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in.
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Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
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The impression was gaining ground with me that it was a good thing to let the money be my slave and not make myself a slave to money.
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I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.
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The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
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Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.
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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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When work goes out of style we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.
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Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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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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Own nothing, control everything.
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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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