Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERNext to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.
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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 way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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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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Competition is a sin.
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The major fortunes in America have been made in land.
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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 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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I don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
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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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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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Save when you can and not when you have to.
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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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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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You know that great prejudice exists against all successful business enterprise – the more successful, the greater the prejudice.
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