I have ways of making money that you know nothing of.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERSuccess comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed.
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Character – not wealth, power, or position – is the supreme word.
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Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.
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The man will be most successful who confers the greatest service on the world.
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The impression was gaining ground with me that it was a good thing to let the money be my slave and not make myself a slave to money.
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I don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
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The day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return.
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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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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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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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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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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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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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Oh, how blessed young men are who have to struggle for a foundation and beginning in life.
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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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The major fortunes in America have been made in land.
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Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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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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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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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.
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Capital and labor are both wild forces which require intelligent legislation to hold them in restriction.
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The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit, a reputation, character.
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I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
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God gave me my money.
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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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