I had to work my way up to be where I am now. All these companies could have done the same.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERWho is the poorest man in the world? I tell you, the poorest man I know of is the man who has nothing but 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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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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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
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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 don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
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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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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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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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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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Save when you can and not when you have to.
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I think it is a man’s duty to make all the money he can, keep all that he can and give away all that he can.
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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
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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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The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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