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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI had to work my way up to be where I am now. All these companies could have done the same.
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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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I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
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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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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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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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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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I 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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Save when you can and not when you have to.
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Often-times the most difficult competition comes, not from the strong, the intelligent, the conservative competitor, but from the man who is holding on by the eyelids and is ignorant of his costs, and anyway he’s got to keep running or bust!
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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
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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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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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Competition is a sin.
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How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.
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Character – not wealth, power, or position – is the supreme word.
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