I believe it is a religious duty to get all the money you can, fairly and honestly; to keep all you can, and to give away all you can.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERAfter it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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Competition is a sin.
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I was born into it and there was nothing I could do about it. It was there, like air or food, or any other element. The only question with wealth is what you do with it.
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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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Money is a way of keeping COUNT on how well you’re doing in business.
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The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit, a reputation, character.
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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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Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
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The impression was gaining ground with me that it was a good thing to let the money be my slave and not make myself a slave to money.
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Own nothing, control everything.
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Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
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I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
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The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.
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Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed.
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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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