Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life.
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 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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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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The major fortunes in America have been made in land.
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I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
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And we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better.
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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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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save. I have always regarded it a as a religious duty to get all I could honorably and to give all I could.
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Save when you can and not when you have to.
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I never placed my head upon the pillow at night without reminding myself that my success might only be temporary.
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When work goes out of style we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.
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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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Who is the poorest man in the world? I tell you, the poorest man I know of is the man who has nothing but money.
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To think! All that power and he wasn’t even rich!
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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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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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It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
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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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If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
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Homeopathy is a progressive and aggressive step in medicine.
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Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
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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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I don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
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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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Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed.
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Get rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.
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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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