Who is the poorest man in the world? I tell you, the poorest man I know of is the man who has nothing but money.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI have long been profoundly convinced that in the very nature of things, employers and employees are partners, not enemies; that their interests are common not opposed; that in the long run the success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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I believe the power to make money is a gift from God to be developed and used to the best of our ability for the good of mankind.
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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 man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won’t succeed, you must have a larger ambition.
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The best philanthropy is constantly in search of the finalities-a search for a cause, an attempt to cure evils at their source.
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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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The person with big talk and big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts. I believe that the law was made for man and not man for the law; that government is the servant of the people and not their master.
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Well i know that my company is not corrupt or unfair because i got all this with all my hard work. I see no reason why you say my company was corrupt may you explain to me miss [Ida] Tarbell.
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If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
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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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Save when you can and not when you have to.
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The common denominator for success is work.
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The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?
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Character – not wealth, power, or position – is the supreme word.
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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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