I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI 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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I raised my prices since there wasn’t any competition it was just the smart thing to do. Why would I keep my prices up if their wasn’t anyone to beat?
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I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.
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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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We can never learn too much of His will towards us, too much of His messages and His advice. The Bible is His word and its study gives at once the foundation for our faith and an inspiration to battle onward in the fight against the tempter.
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The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?
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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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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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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?”
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Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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The man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won’t succeed, you must have a larger ambition.
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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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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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Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life.
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Our cup will truly run over only after we have sealed the character cracks.
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The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
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I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
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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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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 best philanthropy is constantly in search of the finalities-a search for a cause, an attempt to cure evils at their source.
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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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Never was I power thirsty, or trying to control everyone. I believed in educating everyone, so they could all get to the position I was at.
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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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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
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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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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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A friendship built on business can be glorious, while a business built on friendship can be murder.
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