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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERMy 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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A man’s wealth must be determined by the relation of his desires and expenditures to his income. If he feels rich on ten dollars, and has everything else he desires, he really is rich.
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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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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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Homeopathy is a progressive and aggressive step in medicine.
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I believe the power to make money is a gift of God.
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Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
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Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
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Money is a way of keeping COUNT on how well you’re doing in business.
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Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.
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Competition is a sin.
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Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life.
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Do not many of us who fail to achieve big things fail because we lack concentration-the art of concentrating the mind on the thing to be done at the proper time and to the exclusion of everything else?
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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 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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