Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThe man will be most successful who confers the greatest service on the world.
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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
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Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed.
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Competition is a sin.
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I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.
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Let the good work go on. We must ever remember we are refining oil for the poor man and he must have it cheap and good.
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The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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I believe the power to make money is a gift from God to be developed and used to the best of our ability for the good of mankind.
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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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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 can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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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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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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Believing that fundamental conditions of the country are sound, my son and I have for some days been purchasing sound common stocks
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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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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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