I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI 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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Character – not wealth, power, or position – is the supreme word.
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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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I have ways of making money that you know nothing of.
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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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I wanted the best for my company, I had to do what I did to succeed. Everyone was lowering their prices to beat there competition so I did the same I eventually beat my competition.
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It has always been my rule in business to make everything count.
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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 had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.
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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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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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Never lose interest in life and the world. Never allow yourself to become annoyed.
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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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Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?
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