If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThe success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim.
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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
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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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I have long been profoundly convinced that in the very nature of things, employers and employees are partners, not enemies; that their interests are common not opposed; that in the long run the success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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A man’s wealth must be determined by the relation of his desires and expenditures to his income. If he feels rich on ten dollars, and has everything else he desires, he really is rich.
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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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Own nothing, control everything.
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I believe the power to make money is a gift of God.
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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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Oh, how blessed young men are who have to struggle for a foundation and beginning in life.
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That is not true I am not a greedy man because if I was why would i donate money to charity? I care about others as well.
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I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.
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It has always been my rule in business to make everything count.
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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?
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Do not many of us who fail to achieve big things fail because we lack concentration-the art of concentrating the mind on the thing to be done at the proper time and to the exclusion of everything else?
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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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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 major fortunes in America have been made in land.
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Giving is the secret to a healthy life. Not necessarily money, but whatever a person has to give of encouragement, sympathy, and understanding.
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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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Money is a way of keeping COUNT on how well you’re doing in business.
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A friendship built on business can be glorious, while a business built on friendship can be murder.
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The impression was gaining ground with me that it was a good thing to let the money be my slave and not make myself a slave to money.
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The common denominator for success is work.
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Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
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