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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.
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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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Competition is a sin.
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The man will be most successful who confers the greatest service on the world.
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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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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed.
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Our cup will truly run over only after we have sealed the character cracks.
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When work goes out of style we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.
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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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Giving is the secret to a healthy life. Not necessarily money, but whatever a person has to give of encouragement, sympathy, and understanding.
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I never placed my head upon the pillow at night without reminding myself that my success might only be temporary.
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Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
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I believe the power to make money is a gift from God to be developed and used to the best of our ability for the good of mankind.
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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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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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I have made many millions but they have brought me no happiness.
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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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Never was I power thirsty, or trying to control everyone. I believed in educating everyone, so they could all get to the position I was at.
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I 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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I wanted the best for my company, I had to do what I did to succeed. Everyone was lowering their prices to beat there competition so I did the same I eventually beat my competition.
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Oh, how blessed young men are who have to struggle for a foundation and beginning in life.
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When a man has accumulated a sum of money, accumulated it within the law, the Government has no right to share in its earnings.
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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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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 secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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