I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERWhen 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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A man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily.
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Money is a way of keeping COUNT on how well you’re doing in business.
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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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Get rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.
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Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
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If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
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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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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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Often-times the most difficult competition comes, not from the strong, the intelligent, the conservative competitor, but from the man who is holding on by the eyelids and is ignorant of his costs, and anyway he’s got to keep running or bust!
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Never lose interest in life and the world. Never allow yourself to become annoyed.
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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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It has always been my rule in business to make everything count.
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I have nothing else to say other than I wasn’t corrupt, unfair, or greedy. I was smart when it came to making decisions for my company, and I wasn’t greedy. I gave to others in charity and donated money to fund programs. I have nothing else to say.
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I believe it is a religious duty to get all the money you can, fairly and honestly; to keep all you can, and to give away all you can.
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The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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