Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.

Quote by John D Rockefeller

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Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know...

Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know...

If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.

If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.

The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?

The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?

I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.

I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.

The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee...

The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee...

I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world...

I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world...

Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.

Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel...

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel...

Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter...

Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter...

Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own...

I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own...

Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends...

Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends...

A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.

A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.

I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any...

I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any...

The most important thing for a young man is to establish credit - a reputation...

The most important thing for a young man is to establish credit - a reputation...

Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.

It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.

Don't blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.

Don't blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.

Competition is a sin.

Competition is a sin.