If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLEROwn nothing, control everything.
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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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Get rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.
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Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim.
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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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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 success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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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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That is not true I am not a greedy man because if I was why would i donate money to charity? I care about others as well.
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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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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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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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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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I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
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Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed.
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I have made many millions but they have brought me no happiness.
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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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When work goes out of style we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.
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Taxation has its limitations as a method of achieving better economic distribution since for this purpose it is essentially remedial. We must also take a positive approach by finding new ways to spread ownership of future capital growth more broadly in our society.
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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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Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in.
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The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit, a reputation, character.
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Our cup will truly run over only after we have sealed the character cracks.
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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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The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
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I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
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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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