Julius Rosenwald
Julius Rosenwald
Julius Rosenwaldwas an American businessman and philanthropist. He is best known as a part-owner and leader of Sears, Roebuck and Company, and for establishing the Rosenwald Fund, which donated millions in matching funds to support the education of African American children in the rural South, as well as other philanthropic causes in the first half of the 20th century. He was the principal founder and backer for the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, to which he gave more...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth12 August 1862
CitySpringfield, IL
CountryUnited States of America
All the other pleasures of life seem to wear out, but the pleasure of helping others in distress never does.
Benevolence today has become altogether too huge an undertaking to be conducted otherwise than on business lines.
I can testify that it is nearly always easier to make $1,000,000 honestly than to dispose of it wisely.
Early in my business career I learned the folly of worrying about anything. I have always worked as hard as I could, but when a thing went wrong and could not be righted, I dismissed it from my mind.
Rich men are neither better nor worse than all other humans. They contribute to greatness or mediocrity, strength of character or weakness in exactly the same proportion as persons in all other walks of life do.
I never could understand the popular belief that because a man makes a lot of money he has a lot of brains. Some very rich men who made their fortunes have been among the stupidest men I have ever met.
Do not be fooled into believing that because a man is rich he is necessarily smart. There is ample proof to the contrary.
I have always believed that most large fortunes are made by men...who tumbled into a lucky opportunity. Hard work and attention to business are necessary, but they rarely result in achieving a large fortune. Do not be fooled into believing that because a man is rich, he is necessarily smart. There is ample proof to the contrary.