There is no feeling in this world to be compared with self-reliance–do not sacrifice that to anything else.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERA friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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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 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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The man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won’t succeed, you must have a larger ambition.
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I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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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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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
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The task is simple. We will organize children and teach them in a perfect way the things their fathers and mothers are doing in an imperfect way.
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I never placed my head upon the pillow at night without reminding myself that my success might only be temporary.
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Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
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It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
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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 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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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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