It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThe 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.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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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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Never lose interest in life and the world. Never allow yourself to become annoyed.
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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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Capital and labor are both wild forces which require intelligent legislation to hold them in restriction.
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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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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 common denominator for success is work.
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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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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
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Save when you can and not when you have to.
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My mother was given to a typical question: “We have always done this. Why should we do anything else?” But my wife’s typical question was “We have always done this. Why don’t we do it another way or, better still, why not do something 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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I shall use such influence as I have in emphasizing the basic truths common to all denominations, in lowering denominational barriers and in promoting effective cooperation among Christians of whatever creed.
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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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