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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERIf your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
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The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
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Save when you can and not when you have to.
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A man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily.
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I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
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We are coming to see that there should be no stifling of labor by capital, or of capital by labor; and also that there should be no stifling of labor by labor, or of capital by capital.
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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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Oh, how blessed young men are who have to struggle for a foundation and beginning in life.
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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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Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
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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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The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit, a reputation, character.
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I have ways of making money that you know nothing of.
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I wanted the best for my company, I had to do what I did to succeed. Everyone was lowering their prices to beat there competition so I did the same I eventually beat my competition.
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Never was I power thirsty, or trying to control everyone. I believed in educating everyone, so they could all get to the position I was at.
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