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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERIf my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
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I should say in general the advantage of education is to better fit a man for life’s work. I would advise young men to take a college course, as a rule, but think some are just as well off with a thorough business training.
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God gave me my money.
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Taxation has its limitations as a method of achieving better economic distribution since for this purpose it is essentially remedial. We must also take a positive approach by finding new ways to spread ownership of future capital growth more broadly in our society.
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Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
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When work goes out of style we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.
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I had to work my way up to be where I am now. All these companies could have done the same.
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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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The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit, a reputation, character.
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I shall use such influence as I have in emphasizing the basic truths common to all denominations, in lowering denominational barriers and in promoting effective cooperation among Christians of whatever creed.
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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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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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Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim.
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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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The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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You know that great prejudice exists against all successful business enterprise – the more successful, the greater the prejudice.
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Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
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I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.
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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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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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The task is simple. We will organize children and teach them in a perfect way the things their fathers and mothers are doing in an imperfect way.
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I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
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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 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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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save. I have always regarded it a as a religious duty to get all I could honorably and to give all I could.
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Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed.
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