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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThe way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
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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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Let the good work go on. We must ever remember we are refining oil for the poor man and he must have it cheap and good.
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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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I have long been profoundly convinced that in the very nature of things, employers and employees are partners, not enemies; that their interests are common not opposed; that in the long run the success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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I believe it is a religious duty to get all the money you can, fairly and honestly; to keep all you can, and to give away all you can.
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Character – not wealth, power, or position – is the supreme word.
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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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How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.
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The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?
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Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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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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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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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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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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I had to work my way up to be where I am now. All these companies could have done the same.
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