I cheat my boys every chance I get. I trade with the boys and skin ’em and I just beat ’em every time I can. I want to make ’em sharp.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERIf your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
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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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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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I have nothing else to say other than I wasn’t corrupt, unfair, or greedy. I was smart when it came to making decisions for my company, and I wasn’t greedy. I gave to others in charity and donated money to fund programs. I have nothing else to say.
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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
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The man will be most successful who confers the greatest service on the world.
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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
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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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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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The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit, a reputation, character.
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The day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return.
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Oh, how blessed young men are who have to struggle for a foundation and beginning in life.
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I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
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I believe the power to make money is a gift from God to be developed and used to the best of our ability for the good of mankind.
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If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
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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.
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