Who is the poorest man in the world? I tell you, the poorest man I know of is the man who has nothing but money.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThe major fortunes in America have been made in land.
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The best philanthropy is constantly in search of the finalities-a search for a cause, an attempt to cure evils at their source.
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Capital and labor are both wild forces which require intelligent legislation to hold them in restriction.
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I believe the power to make money is a gift from God to be developed and used to the best of our ability for the good of mankind.
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You know that great prejudice exists against all successful business enterprise – the more successful, the greater the prejudice.
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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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The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
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I never placed my head upon the pillow at night without reminding myself that my success might only be temporary.
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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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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 major fortunes in America have been made in land.
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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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I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
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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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The common denominator for success is work.
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