I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI 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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The man will be most successful who confers the greatest service on the world.
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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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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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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 believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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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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The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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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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The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit, a reputation, character.
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A friendship built on business can be glorious, while a business built on friendship can be murder.
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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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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 major fortunes in America have been made in land.
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