The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit, a reputation, character.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERDo you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in.
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It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
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I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
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Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.
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Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life.
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We can never learn too much of His will towards us, too much of His messages and His advice. The Bible is His word and its study gives at once the foundation for our faith and an inspiration to battle onward in the fight against the tempter.
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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 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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Never lose interest in life and the world. Never allow yourself to become annoyed.
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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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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?
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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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I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates.
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My mother was given to a typical question: “We have always done this. Why should we do anything else?” But my wife’s typical question was “We have always done this. Why don’t we do it another way or, better still, why not do something else?”
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Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
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