I don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERAfter it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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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 can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life.
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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 trained from the beginning to work, to save. I have always regarded it a as a religious duty to get all I could honorably and to give all I could.
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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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Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim.
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Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
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If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
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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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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
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A man’s wealth must be determined by the relation of his desires and expenditures to his income. If he feels rich on ten dollars, and has everything else he desires, he really is rich.
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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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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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