I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI 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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I believe the power to make money is a gift of God.
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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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A man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily.
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Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
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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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How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.
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The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
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I was early taught to work as well as play. My life has been one long, happy holiday; Full of work and full of play- I dropped the worry on the way- And God was good to me everyday.
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Let the good work go on. We must ever remember we are refining oil for the poor man and he must have it cheap and good.
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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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Competition is a sin.
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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 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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God gave me my money.
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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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