Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThe most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit, a reputation, character.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed.
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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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Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life.
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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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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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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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I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
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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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It is very important to remember what other people tell you, not so much what you yourself already know.
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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
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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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You know that great prejudice exists against all successful business enterprise – the more successful, the greater the prejudice.
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Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
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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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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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The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?
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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
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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 always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
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Our cup will truly run over only after we have sealed the character cracks.
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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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I have made many millions but they have brought me no happiness.
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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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