The major fortunes in America have been made in land.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER
The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.
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The major fortunes in America have been made in land.
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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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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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Capital and labor are both wild forces which require intelligent legislation to hold them in restriction.
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Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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It is very important to remember what other people tell you, not so much what you yourself already know.
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The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit, a reputation, character.
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A man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily.
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The man will be most successful who confers the greatest service on the world.
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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’m glad I wrote the book to show what I found out about the [ Standard Oil Company]. I’m glad many people read my book and found out the truth.
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Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
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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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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.
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Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.
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