If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLEROwn 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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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 can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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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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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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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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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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Never was I power thirsty, or trying to control everyone. I believed in educating everyone, so they could all get to the position I was at.
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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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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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I never said that I wanted to be the only company, is it my fault that I ran my company well? Wouldn’t you want the best for your company? Also consider that I started of small.
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I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
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Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed.
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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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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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