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The major fortunes in America have been made in land.

John D. Rockefeller

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The day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return.
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Combination Return Stay Unique
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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Business Failure Men Myself Successful
Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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Charity Generosity Priviledge Thinking
If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
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Achievement Business Goal Money Yourself
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.
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Deep Man Money Myself Poor World
A man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily.
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Man Right Wasted Time
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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Competition Cost Difficult Himself Ignorance Intelligent Man Run Strong Time
You know that great prejudice exists against all successful business enterprise – the more successful, the greater the prejudice.
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Enterprise Existence Greatness Prejudice Successful Yourself
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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Achievement Growth Limitation Ourselves Purpose Tax Wisdom
Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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Business Duty Inspirational Obligation Opportunity Responsibility Right
I think it is a man’s duty to make all the money he can, keep all that he can and give away all that he can.
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Business Generosity Himself Men Money Thinking
I believe the power to make money is a gift of God.
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Believe God Money Myself Power
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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Charity Corruption Decision Greedy Money Myself Smart Talk
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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Encouragement Happiness Health Life Person Secret Sympathy Understand
I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
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Business Choice Inspirational Money Myself People
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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Book Happiness Myself Oil People Reading Truth
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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Goodness Impression Myself Slave
I was trained from the beginning to work, to save. I have always regarded it a as a religious duty to get all I could honorably and to give all I could.
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Beginning Charity Giving Myself Religious
Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
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Charity Independent Injury Motivational
After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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Himself Important Men Possession Religion
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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Believe Big Dream Government Man Master Myself People Person Politics Powerful Service Talk
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
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Acceptance Change Motivational Path Success Travel Yourself
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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Believe Dignity Inspirational Live Man Myself Opportunity Work
I cheat my boys every chance I get. I trade with the boys and skin ’em and I just beat ’em every time I can. I want to make ’em sharp.
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Boy Chance Cheating Myself Skin Trade
Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
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Blame Department Marketing Responsibility Stop
I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money’s sake.
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Business Devotion Men Money Myself Wake Up
Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
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Average Goodness Leadership Management People Work

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