Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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A man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily.
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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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Giving is the secret to a healthy life. Not necessarily money, but whatever a person has to give of encouragement, sympathy, and understanding.
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I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
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The major fortunes in America have been made in land.
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I never placed my head upon the pillow at night without reminding myself that my success might only be temporary.
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How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.
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Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed.
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Money is a way of keeping COUNT on how well you’re doing in business.
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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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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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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 have made many millions but they have brought me no happiness.
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When work goes out of style we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.
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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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Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.
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It has always been my rule in business to make everything count.
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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 should say in general the advantage of education is to better fit a man for life’s work. I would advise young men to take a college course, as a rule, but think some are just as well off with a thorough business training.
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The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?
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Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life.
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I believe the power to make money is a gift of God.
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We are coming to see that there should be no stifling of labor by capital, or of capital by labor; and also that there should be no stifling of labor by labor, or of capital by capital.
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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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To think! All that power and he wasn’t even rich!
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