It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERDon’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
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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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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
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The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
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Homeopathy is a progressive and aggressive step in medicine.
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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
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Believing that fundamental conditions of the country are sound, my son and I have for some days been purchasing sound common stocks
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The common denominator for success is work.
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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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Never lose interest in life and the world. Never allow yourself to become annoyed.
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Money is a way of keeping COUNT on how well you’re doing in business.
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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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I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
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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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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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Character – not wealth, power, or position – is the supreme word.
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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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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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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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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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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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A man’s wealth must be determined by the relation of his desires and expenditures to his income. If he feels rich on ten dollars, and has everything else he desires, he really is rich.
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I 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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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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I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
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Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
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