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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI 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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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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It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
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The major fortunes in America have been made in land.
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When a man has accumulated a sum of money, accumulated it within the law, the Government has no right to share in its earnings.
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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
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Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.
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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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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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Oh, how blessed young men are who have to struggle for a foundation and beginning in life.
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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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God gave me my money.
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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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Long ago I lost the joy in living. The only joy I have is in my giving.
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Our cup will truly run over only after we have sealed the character cracks.
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