Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERWho is the poorest man in the world? I tell you, the poorest man I know of is the man who has nothing but money.
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I had to work my way up to be where I am now. All these companies could have done the same.
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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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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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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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A man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily.
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Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
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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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Own nothing, control everything.
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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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Money is a way of keeping COUNT on how well you’re doing in business.
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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 has always been my rule in business to make everything count.
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The common denominator for success is work.
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Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.
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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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