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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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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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I believe the power to make money is a gift of God.
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I cheat my boys every chance I get. I trade with the boys and skin ’em and I just beat ’em every time I can. I want to make ’em sharp.
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We are coming to see that there should be no stifling of labor by capital, or of capital by labor; and also that there should be no stifling of labor by labor, or of capital by capital.
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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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A man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily.
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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
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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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Character – not wealth, power, or position – is the supreme word.
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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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Oh, how blessed young men are who have to struggle for a foundation and beginning in life.
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I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.
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It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
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