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?
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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Let the good work go on. We must ever remember we are refining oil for the poor man and he must have it cheap and good.
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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.
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I don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
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I cheat my boys every chance I get. I trade with the boys and skin ’em and I just beat ’em every time I can. I want to make ’em sharp.
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God gave me my money.
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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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Well i know that my company is not corrupt or unfair because i got all this with all my hard work. I see no reason why you say my company was corrupt may you explain to me miss [Ida] Tarbell.
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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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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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It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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There is nothing in this world that can compare with the Christian fellowship; nothing that can satisfy but Christ.
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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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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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A man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily.
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