I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERSuccess comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed.
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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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Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life.
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I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates.
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The major fortunes in America have been made in land.
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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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Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
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There is no feeling in this world to be compared with self-reliance–do not sacrifice that to anything else.
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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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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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The day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return.
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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 secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
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I was born into it and there was nothing I could do about it. It was there, like air or food, or any other element. The only question with wealth is what you do with it.
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Our cup will truly run over only after we have sealed the character cracks.
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God gave me my money.
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