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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERTo think! All that power and he wasn’t even rich!
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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
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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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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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A man’s wealth must be determined by the relation of his desires and expenditures to his income. If he feels rich on ten dollars, and has everything else he desires, he really is rich.
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It has always been my rule in business to make everything count.
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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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I believe the power to make money is a gift of God.
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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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Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.
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The man will be most successful who confers the greatest service on the world.
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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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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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The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit, a reputation, character.
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That is not true I am not a greedy man because if I was why would i donate money to charity? I care about others as well.
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