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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.
John D. Rockefeller
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John D. Rockefeller
Age: 97 †
Born: 1839
Born: July 8
Died: 1937
Died: May 23
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John Davison Rockefeller
John Davison Rockefeller
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I 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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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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Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.
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When a man has accumulated a sum of money, accumulated it within the law, the Government has no right to share in its earnings.
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Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
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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 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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I have nothing else to say other than I wasn't corrupt, unfair, or greedy. I was smart when it came to making decisions for my company, and I wasn't greedy. I gave to others in charity and donated money to fund programs. I have nothing else to say.
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Long ago I lost the joy in living. The only joy I have is in my giving.
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It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
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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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The major fortunes in America have been made in land.
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To think! All that power and he wasn't even rich!
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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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The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
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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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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
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I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
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The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit... a reputation, character.
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