The major fortunes in America have been made in land.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLEROur cup will truly run over only after we have sealed the character cracks.
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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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You know that great prejudice exists against all successful business enterprise – the more successful, the greater the prejudice.
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Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
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I was born into it and there was nothing I could do about it. It was there, like air or food, or any other element. The only question with wealth is what you do with it.
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If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
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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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The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit, a reputation, character.
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Capital and labor are both wild forces which require intelligent legislation to hold them in restriction.
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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 have ways of making money that you know nothing of.
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The common denominator for success is work.
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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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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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Character – not wealth, power, or position – is the supreme word.
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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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