Never lose interest in life and the world. Never allow yourself to become annoyed.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERDo you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in.
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Capital and labor are both wild forces which require intelligent legislation to hold them in restriction.
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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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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
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And we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better.
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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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How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.
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Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in.
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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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The best business in the world is a well run oil company. The second best business in the world is a badly run oil company.
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I shall use such influence as I have in emphasizing the basic truths common to all denominations, in lowering denominational barriers and in promoting effective cooperation among Christians of whatever creed.
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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save. I have always regarded it a as a religious duty to get all I could honorably and to give all I could.
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Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed.
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I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
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It is very important to remember what other people tell you, not so much what you yourself already know.
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