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!
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI 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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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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I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
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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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I had to work my way up to be where I am now. All these companies could have done the same.
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I have nothing else to say other than I wasn’t corrupt, unfair, or greedy. I was smart when it came to making decisions for my company, and I wasn’t greedy. I gave to others in charity and donated money to fund programs. I have nothing else to say.
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Character – not wealth, power, or position – is the supreme word.
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Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
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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 wanted the best for my company, I had to do what I did to succeed. Everyone was lowering their prices to beat there competition so I did the same I eventually beat my competition.
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The best philanthropy is constantly in search of the finalities-a search for a cause, an attempt to cure evils at their source.
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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
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The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit, a reputation, character.
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We can never learn too much of His will towards us, too much of His messages and His advice. The Bible is His word and its study gives at once the foundation for our faith and an inspiration to battle onward in the fight against the tempter.
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The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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