How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.
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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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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Capital and labor are both wild forces which require intelligent legislation to hold them in restriction.
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A man’s wealth must be determined by the relation of his desires and expenditures to his income. If he feels rich on ten dollars, and has everything else he desires, he really is rich.
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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save. I have always regarded it a as a religious duty to get all I could honorably and to give all I could.
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If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
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The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit, a reputation, character.
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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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The day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return.
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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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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 man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won’t succeed, you must have a larger ambition.
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To think! All that power and he wasn’t even rich!
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Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
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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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