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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERTaxation 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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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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You know that great prejudice exists against all successful business enterprise – the more successful, the greater the prejudice.
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I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money’s sake.
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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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I never would have been able to tithe the first million dollars I ever made if I had not tithed my first salary, which was $1.50 per week.
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The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?
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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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The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
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Get rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.
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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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I never said that I wanted to be the only company, is it my fault that I ran my company well? Wouldn’t you want the best for your company? Also consider that I started of small.
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Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
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The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.
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