The day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERMoney is a way of keeping COUNT on how well you’re doing in business.
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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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The major fortunes in America have been made in land.
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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
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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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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
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Capital and labor are both wild forces which require intelligent legislation to hold them in restriction.
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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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I raised my prices since there wasn’t any competition it was just the smart thing to do. Why would I keep my prices up if their wasn’t anyone to beat?
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I believe it is a religious duty to get all the money you can, fairly and honestly; to keep all you can, and to give away all you can.
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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 don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
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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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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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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 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 believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed.
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It has always been my rule in business to make everything count.
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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 man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won’t succeed, you must have a larger ambition.
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Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
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The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
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I think it is a man’s duty to make all the money he can, keep all that he can and give away all that he can.
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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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Believing that fundamental conditions of the country are sound, my son and I have for some days been purchasing sound common stocks
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