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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThe task is simple. We will organize children and teach them in a perfect way the things their fathers and mothers are doing in an imperfect way.
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The common denominator for success is work.
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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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You know that great prejudice exists against all successful business enterprise – the more successful, the greater the prejudice.
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The task is simple. We will organize children and teach them in a perfect way the things their fathers and mothers are doing in an imperfect way.
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Taxation has its limitations as a method of achieving better economic distribution since for this purpose it is essentially remedial. We must also take a positive approach by finding new ways to spread ownership of future capital growth more broadly in our society.
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Long ago I lost the joy in living. The only joy I have is in my giving.
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Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
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The major fortunes in America have been made in land.
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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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The person with big talk and big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts. I believe that the law was made for man and not man for the law; that government is the servant of the people and not their master.
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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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Capital and labor are both wild forces which require intelligent legislation to hold them in restriction.
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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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Character – not wealth, power, or position – is the supreme word.
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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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Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
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I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.
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Believing that fundamental conditions of the country are sound, my son and I have for some days been purchasing sound common stocks
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Never lose interest in life and the world. Never allow yourself to become annoyed.
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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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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.
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I believe the power to make money is a gift of God.
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