My mother was given to a typical question: “We have always done this. Why should we do anything else?” But my wife’s typical question was “We have always done this. Why don’t we do it another way or, better still, why not do something else?”
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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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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Competition is a sin.
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The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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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 can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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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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God gave me my money.
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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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Own nothing, control everything.
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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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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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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 shall use such influence as I have in emphasizing the basic truths common to all denominations, in lowering denominational barriers and in promoting effective cooperation among Christians of whatever creed.
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I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
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It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
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