After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERGiving 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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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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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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I never would have been able to tithe the first million dollars I ever made if I had not tithed my first salary, which was $1.50 per week.
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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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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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I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.
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It has always been my rule in business to make everything count.
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Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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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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The best philanthropy is constantly in search of the finalities-a search for a cause, an attempt to cure evils at their source.
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Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life.
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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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A friendship built on business can be glorious, while a business built on friendship can be murder.
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I have ways of making money that you know nothing of.
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I raised my prices since there wasn’t any competition it was just the smart thing to do. Why would I keep my prices up if their wasn’t anyone to beat?
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Get rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.
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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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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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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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The man will be most successful who confers the greatest service on the world.
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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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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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I have made many millions but they have brought me no happiness.
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I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
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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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You know that great prejudice exists against all successful business enterprise – the more successful, the greater the prejudice.
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