When a man has accumulated a sum of money, accumulated it within the law, the Government has no right to share in its earnings.
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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Get rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.
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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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How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.
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Oh, how blessed young men are who have to struggle for a foundation and beginning in life.
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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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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.
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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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I have long been profoundly convinced that in the very nature of things, employers and employees are partners, not enemies; that their interests are common not opposed; that in the long run the success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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Homeopathy is a progressive and aggressive step in medicine.
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The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
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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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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 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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Our cup will truly run over only after we have sealed the character cracks.
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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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