I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
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Get rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.
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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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I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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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 task is simple. We will organize children and teach them in a perfect way the things their fathers and mothers are doing in an imperfect way.
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I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money’s sake.
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And we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better.
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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
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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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Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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When work goes out of style we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.
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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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Long ago I lost the joy in living. The only joy I have is in my giving.
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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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Capital and labor are both wild forces which require intelligent legislation to hold them in restriction.
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Our cup will truly run over only after we have sealed the character cracks.
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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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How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.
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The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life.
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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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To think! All that power and he wasn’t even rich!
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Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
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