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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLEROwn nothing, control everything.
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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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The task is simple. We will organize children and teach them in a perfect way the things their fathers and mothers are doing in an imperfect way.
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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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The common denominator for success is work.
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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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Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim.
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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 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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If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
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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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It has always been my rule in business to make everything count.
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Capital and labor are both wild forces which require intelligent legislation to hold them in restriction.
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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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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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Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.
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