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?
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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Save when you can and not when you have to.
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There is no feeling in this world to be compared with self-reliance–do not sacrifice that to anything else.
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If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
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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’m glad I wrote the book to show what I found out about the [ Standard Oil Company]. I’m glad many people read my book and found out the truth.
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How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.
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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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Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in.
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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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Capital and labor are both wild forces which require intelligent legislation to hold them in restriction.
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Own nothing, control everything.
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Character – not wealth, power, or position – is the supreme word.
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I was early taught to work as well as play. My life has been one long, happy holiday; Full of work and full of play- I dropped the worry on the way- And God was good to me everyday.
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I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
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The man will be most successful who confers the greatest service on the world.
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