A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.
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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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Believing that fundamental conditions of the country are sound, my son and I have for some days been purchasing sound common stocks
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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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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 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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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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The man will be most successful who confers the greatest service on the world.
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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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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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The person with big talk and big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts. I believe that the law was made for man and not man for the law; that government is the servant of the people and not their master.
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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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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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A man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily.
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Capital and labor are both wild forces which require intelligent legislation to hold them in restriction.
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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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