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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERWhen work goes out of style we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.
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If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
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Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
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I never would have been able to tithe the first million dollars I ever made if I had not tithed my first salary, which was $1.50 per week.
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Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.
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Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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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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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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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
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The day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return.
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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
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Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
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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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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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It is very important to remember what other people tell you, not so much what you yourself already know.
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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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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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Own nothing, control everything.
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I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.
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There is nothing in this world that can compare with the Christian fellowship; nothing that can satisfy but Christ.
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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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Let the good work go on. We must ever remember we are refining oil for the poor man and he must have it cheap and good.
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The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.
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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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The major fortunes in America have been made in land.
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