I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThe major fortunes in America have been made in land.
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It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
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A friendship built on business can be glorious, while a business built on friendship can be murder.
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How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.
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I was early taught to work as well as play. My life has been one long, happy holiday; Full of work and full of play- I dropped the worry on the way- And God was good to me everyday.
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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
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If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
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I wanted the best for my company, I had to do what I did to succeed. Everyone was lowering their prices to beat there competition so I did the same I eventually beat my competition.
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I was born into it and there was nothing I could do about it. It was there, like air or food, or any other element. The only question with wealth is what you do with it.
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And we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better.
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There is no feeling in this world to be compared with self-reliance–do not sacrifice that to anything else.
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The common denominator for success is work.
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I believe the power to make money is a gift of God.
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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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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 success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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