The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERDo not many of us who fail to achieve big things fail because we lack concentration-the art of concentrating the mind on the thing to be done at the proper time and to the exclusion of everything else?
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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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It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
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I don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
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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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God gave me my money.
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Money is a way of keeping COUNT on how well you’re doing in business.
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Save when you can and not when you have to.
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The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
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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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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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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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Competition is a sin.
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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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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?”
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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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I raised my prices since there wasn’t any competition it was just the smart thing to do. Why would I keep my prices up if their wasn’t anyone to beat?
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I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.
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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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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
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I’m glad I wrote the book to show what I found out about the [ Standard Oil Company]. I’m glad many people read my book and found out the truth.
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I have made many millions but they have brought me no happiness.
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The day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return.
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I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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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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