It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThe secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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Well i know that my company is not corrupt or unfair because i got all this with all my hard work. I see no reason why you say my company was corrupt may you explain to me miss [Ida] Tarbell.
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The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.
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Own nothing, control everything.
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Let the good work go on. We must ever remember we are refining oil for the poor man and he must have it cheap and good.
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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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I was born into it and there was nothing I could do about it. It was there, like air or food, or any other element. The only question with wealth is what you do with it.
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I was early taught to work as well as play. My life has been one long, happy holiday; Full of work and full of play- I dropped the worry on the way- And God was good to me everyday.
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I have long been profoundly convinced that in the very nature of things, employers and employees are partners, not enemies; that their interests are common not opposed; that in the long run the success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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Get rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.
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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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I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit, a reputation, character.
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And we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better.
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Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
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The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
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I’m glad I wrote the book to show what I found out about the [ Standard Oil Company]. I’m glad many people read my book and found out the truth.
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I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.
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Who is the poorest man in the world? I tell you, the poorest man I know of is the man who has nothing but money.
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I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
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I never placed my head upon the pillow at night without reminding myself that my success might only be temporary.
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I shall use such influence as I have in emphasizing the basic truths common to all denominations, in lowering denominational barriers and in promoting effective cooperation among Christians of whatever creed.
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A friendship built on business can be glorious, while a business built on friendship can be murder.
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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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Do not many of us who fail to achieve big things fail because we lack concentration-the art of concentrating the mind on the thing to be done at the proper time and to the exclusion of everything else?
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I believe the power to make money is a gift of God.
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The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
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