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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERBe sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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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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Do not many of us who fail to achieve big things fail because we lack concentration-the art of concentrating the mind on the thing to be done at the proper time and to the exclusion of everything else?
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Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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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 the power to make money is a gift of God.
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Money is a way of keeping COUNT on how well you’re doing in business.
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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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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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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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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 had to work my way up to be where I am now. All these companies could have done the same.
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It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
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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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Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life.
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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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