I raised my prices since there wasn’t any competition it was just the smart thing to do. Why would I keep my prices up if their wasn’t anyone to beat?
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERIf my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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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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Competition is a sin.
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The common denominator for success is work.
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The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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A man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily.
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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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Save when you can and not when you have to.
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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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It is very important to remember what other people tell you, not so much what you yourself already know.
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Giving is the secret to a healthy life. Not necessarily money, but whatever a person has to give of encouragement, sympathy, and understanding.
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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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Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life.
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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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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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