The Power of Giving: How to Create Wealth

John D. Rockefeller, born in 1839 into a poor family in upstate New York, began working at age 16 as a clerk in Cleveland to support his family. His first wages were just a few dollars a week, yet from that very first paycheck, he set aside 10% for charity, following the Biblical practice of tithing.

Rockefeller later reflected:

“I tithed from my first dollar, and I never would have been able to tithe the first million dollars I made if I had not tithed my first salary of $1.50 per week.”