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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThe man will be most successful who confers the greatest service on the world.
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The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?
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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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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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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 would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
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Own nothing, control everything.
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The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.
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And we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better.
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The day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return.
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The task is simple. We will organize children and teach them in a perfect way the things their fathers and mothers are doing in an imperfect way.
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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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Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.
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Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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God gave me my money.
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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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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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A man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily.
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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
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When work goes out of style we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.
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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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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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Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
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Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.
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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 was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
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