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

Quote by John D Rockefeller

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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.

The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.

The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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...

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 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...

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.