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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLEROwn nothing, control everything.
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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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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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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.
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The common denominator for success is work.
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I had to work my way up to be where I am now. All these companies could have done the same.
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Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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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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I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
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I shall use such influence as I have in emphasizing the basic truths common to all denominations, in lowering denominational barriers and in promoting effective cooperation among Christians of whatever creed.
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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 best business in the world is a well run oil company. The second best business in the world is a badly run oil company.
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Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed.
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Our cup will truly run over only after we have sealed the character cracks.
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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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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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It has always been my rule in business to make everything count.
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I have made many millions but they have brought me no happiness.
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A friendship built on business can be glorious, while a business built on friendship can be murder.
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I never placed my head upon the pillow at night without reminding myself that my success might only be temporary.
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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
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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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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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When a man has accumulated a sum of money, accumulated it within the law, the Government has no right to share in its earnings.
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Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life.
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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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