The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI had to work my way up to be where I am now. All these companies could have done the same.
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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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How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.
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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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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.
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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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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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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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To think! All that power and he wasn’t even rich!
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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
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I don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
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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 common denominator for success is work.
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Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
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