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

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If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

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

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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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I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.

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

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

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

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

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: July 8th, 1839

Died: May 23rd, 1937

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