Oh, how blessed young men are who have to struggle for a foundation and beginning in life.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERGet rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.
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I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
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Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
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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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The common denominator for success is work.
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I was early taught to work as well as play. My life has been one long, happy holiday; Full of work and full of play- I dropped the worry on the way- And God was good to me everyday.
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Let the good work go on. We must ever remember we are refining oil for the poor man and he must have it cheap and good.
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I don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
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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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I think it is a man’s duty to make all the money he can, keep all that he can and give away all that he can.
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To think! All that power and he wasn’t even rich!
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Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life.
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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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There is nothing in this world that can compare with the Christian fellowship; nothing that can satisfy but Christ.
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I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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Well i know that my company is not corrupt or unfair because i got all this with all my hard work. I see no reason why you say my company was corrupt may you explain to me miss [Ida] Tarbell.
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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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We are coming to see that there should be no stifling of labor by capital, or of capital by labor; and also that there should be no stifling of labor by labor, or of capital by capital.
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Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed.
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You know that great prejudice exists against all successful business enterprise – the more successful, the greater the prejudice.
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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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I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.
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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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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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I have ways of making money that you know nothing of.
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