Competition is a sin.

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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 can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.

I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.

I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a...

I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a...

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...

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

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...

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.

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

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

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

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.

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.

God gave me my money. I believe the power to make money is a gift...

God gave me my money. I believe the power to make money is a gift...

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.

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

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

I have ways of making money that you know nothing of.

I have ways of making money that you know nothing of.

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

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

I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the...

I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the...

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...

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...

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.