I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money’s sake.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERCompetition is a sin.
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A man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily.
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The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit, a reputation, character.
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The man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won’t succeed, you must have a larger ambition.
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Competition is a sin.
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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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Oh, how blessed young men are who have to struggle for a foundation and beginning in life.
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I should say in general the advantage of education is to better fit a man for life’s work. I would advise young men to take a college course, as a rule, but think some are just as well off with a thorough business training.
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Believing that fundamental conditions of the country are sound, my son and I have for some days been purchasing sound common stocks
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There is nothing in this world that can compare with the Christian fellowship; nothing that can satisfy but Christ.
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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
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It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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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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I wanted the best for my company, I had to do what I did to succeed. Everyone was lowering their prices to beat there competition so I did the same I eventually beat my competition.
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We can never learn too much of His will towards us, too much of His messages and His advice. The Bible is His word and its study gives at once the foundation for our faith and an inspiration to battle onward in the fight against the tempter.
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Save when you can and not when you have to.
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I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
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The person with big talk and big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts. I believe that the law was made for man and not man for the law; that government is the servant of the people and not their master.
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Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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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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When work goes out of style we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.
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There is no feeling in this world to be compared with self-reliance–do not sacrifice that to anything else.
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The best business in the world is a well run oil company. The second best business in the world is a badly run oil company.
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Get rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.
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