I was born into it and there was nothing I could do about it. It was there, like air or food, or any other element. The only question with wealth is what you do with it.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERAfter it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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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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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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Character – not wealth, power, or position – is the supreme word.
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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 business in the world is a well run oil company. The second best business in the world is a badly run oil company.
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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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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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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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A friendship built on business can be glorious, while a business built on friendship can be murder.
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The major fortunes in America have been made in land.
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I had to work my way up to be where I am now. All these companies could have done the same.
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Believing that fundamental conditions of the country are sound, my son and I have for some days been purchasing sound common stocks
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I believe the power to make money is a gift of God.
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When work goes out of style we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.
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Homeopathy is a progressive and aggressive step in medicine.
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Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life.
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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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We are coming to see that there should be no stifling of labor by capital, or of capital by labor; and also that there should be no stifling of labor by labor, or of capital by capital.
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I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.
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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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Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.
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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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The common denominator for success is work.
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Often-times the most difficult competition comes, not from the strong, the intelligent, the conservative competitor, but from the man who is holding on by the eyelids and is ignorant of his costs, and anyway he’s got to keep running or bust!
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Capital and labor are both wild forces which require intelligent legislation to hold them in restriction.
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The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
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