I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERGod gave me my money.
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Capital and labor are both wild forces which require intelligent legislation to hold them in restriction.
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I raised my prices since there wasn’t any competition it was just the smart thing to do. Why would I keep my prices up if their wasn’t anyone to beat?
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Often-times the most difficult competition comes, not from the strong, the intelligent, the conservative competitor, but from the man who is holding on by the eyelids and is ignorant of his costs, and anyway he’s got to keep running or bust!
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When a man has accumulated a sum of money, accumulated it within the law, the Government has no right to share in its earnings.
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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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I should say in general the advantage of education is to better fit a man for life’s work. I would advise young men to take a college course, as a rule, but think some are just as well off with a thorough business training.
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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 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 always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
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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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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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Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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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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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
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