Taxation has its limitations as a method of achieving better economic distribution since for this purpose it is essentially remedial. We must also take a positive approach by finding new ways to spread ownership of future capital growth more broadly in our society.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERIt is very important to remember what other people tell you, not so much what you yourself already know.
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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 man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won’t succeed, you must have a larger ambition.
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Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
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The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit, a reputation, character.
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Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
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Never lose interest in life and the world. Never allow yourself to become annoyed.
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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
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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 have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates.
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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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If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
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I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money’s sake.
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