I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLEROften-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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A friendship built on business can be glorious, while a business built on friendship can be murder.
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I never would have been able to tithe the first million dollars I ever made if I had not tithed my first salary, which was $1.50 per week.
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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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It has always been my rule in business to make everything count.
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Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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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 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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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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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?
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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.
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There is nothing in this world that can compare with the Christian fellowship; nothing that can satisfy but Christ.
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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
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Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.
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