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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThe most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit, a reputation, character.
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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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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 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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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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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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When a man has accumulated a sum of money, accumulated it within the law, the Government has no right to share in its earnings.
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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.
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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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How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.
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I don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
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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 common denominator for success is work.
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I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
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Money is a way of keeping COUNT on how well you’re doing in business.
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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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