Believing that fundamental conditions of the country are sound, my son and I have for some days been purchasing sound common stocks
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.
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I have made many millions but they have brought me no happiness.
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Own nothing, control everything.
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I have long been profoundly convinced that in the very nature of things, employers and employees are partners, not enemies; that their interests are common not opposed; that in the long run the success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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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 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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The man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won’t succeed, you must have a larger ambition.
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I cheat my boys every chance I get. I trade with the boys and skin ’em and I just beat ’em every time I can. I want to make ’em sharp.
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Never lose interest in life and the world. Never allow yourself to become annoyed.
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The common denominator for success is work.
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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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Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed.
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Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
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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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The man will be most successful who confers the greatest service on the world.
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