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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI think it is a man’s duty to make all the money he can, keep all that he can and give away all that he can.
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Long ago I lost the joy in living. The only joy I have is in my giving.
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We are coming to see that there should be no stifling of labor by capital, or of capital by labor; and also that there should be no stifling of labor by labor, or of capital by capital.
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I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
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Homeopathy is a progressive and aggressive step in medicine.
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Competition is a sin.
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The task is simple. We will organize children and teach them in a perfect way the things their fathers and mothers are doing in an imperfect way.
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The man will be most successful who confers the greatest service on the world.
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Get rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.
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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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A man’s wealth must be determined by the relation of his desires and expenditures to his income. If he feels rich on ten dollars, and has everything else he desires, he really is rich.
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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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Character – not wealth, power, or position – is the supreme word.
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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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I never said that I wanted to be the only company, is it my fault that I ran my company well? Wouldn’t you want the best for your company? Also consider that I started of small.
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Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in.
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Never was I power thirsty, or trying to control everyone. I believed in educating everyone, so they could all get to the position I was at.
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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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Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
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Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
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Giving is the secret to a healthy life. Not necessarily money, but whatever a person has to give of encouragement, sympathy, and understanding.
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It is very important to remember what other people tell you, not so much what you yourself already know.
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It has always been my rule in business to make everything count.
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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
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My mother was given to a typical question: “We have always done this. Why should we do anything else?” But my wife’s typical question was “We have always done this. Why don’t we do it another way or, better still, why not do something else?”
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I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates.
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