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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.
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Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life.
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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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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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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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Get rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.
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Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.
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If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
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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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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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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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Never lose interest in life and the world. Never allow yourself to become annoyed.
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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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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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It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
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