If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI 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.
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How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.
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Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in.
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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit, a reputation, character.
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We can never learn too much of His will towards us, too much of His messages and His advice. The Bible is His word and its study gives at once the foundation for our faith and an inspiration to battle onward in the fight against the tempter.
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I was early taught to work as well as play. My life has been one long, happy holiday; Full of work and full of play- I dropped the worry on the way- And God was good to me everyday.
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I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
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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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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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I’m glad I wrote the book to show what I found out about the [ Standard Oil Company]. I’m glad many people read my book and found out the truth.
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I should say in general the advantage of education is to better fit a man for life’s work. I would advise young men to take a college course, as a rule, but think some are just as well off with a thorough business training.
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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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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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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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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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The common denominator for success is work.
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I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.
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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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Taxation has its limitations as a method of achieving better economic distribution since for this purpose it is essentially remedial. We must also take a positive approach by finding new ways to spread ownership of future capital growth more broadly in our society.
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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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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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Character – not wealth, power, or position – is the supreme word.
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Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.
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Save when you can and not when you have to.
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Get rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.
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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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