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.
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 believe it is a religious duty to get all the money you can, fairly and honestly; to keep all you can, and to give away all you can.
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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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My mother was given to a typical question: “We have always done this. Why should we do anything else?” But my wife’s typical question was “We have always done this. Why don’t we do it another way or, better still, why not do something else?”
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I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates.
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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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Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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We can never learn too much of His will towards us, too much of His messages and His advice. The Bible is His word and its study gives at once the foundation for our faith and an inspiration to battle onward in the fight against the tempter.
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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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The common denominator for success is work.
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Competition is a sin.
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I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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The best philanthropy is constantly in search of the finalities-a search for a cause, an attempt to cure evils at their source.
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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save. I have always regarded it a as a religious duty to get all I could honorably and to give all I could.
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Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life.
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The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit, a reputation, character.
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I have made many millions but they have brought me no happiness.
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If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
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The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
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How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.
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A man’s wealth must be determined by the relation of his desires and expenditures to his income. If he feels rich on ten dollars, and has everything else he desires, he really is rich.
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I shall use such influence as I have in emphasizing the basic truths common to all denominations, in lowering denominational barriers and in promoting effective cooperation among Christians of whatever creed.
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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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It is very important to remember what other people tell you, not so much what you yourself already know.
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