I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI never placed my head upon the pillow at night without reminding myself that my success might only be temporary.
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I have nothing else to say other than I wasn’t corrupt, unfair, or greedy. I was smart when it came to making decisions for my company, and I wasn’t greedy. I gave to others in charity and donated money to fund programs. I have nothing else to say.
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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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Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed.
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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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To think! All that power and he wasn’t even rich!
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The major fortunes in America have been made in land.
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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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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 common denominator for success is work.
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The best business in the world is a well run oil company. The second best business in the world is a badly run oil company.
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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 know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money’s sake.
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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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Capital and labor are both wild forces which require intelligent legislation to hold them in restriction.
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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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