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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 every day.

— John D. Rockefeller

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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 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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Try to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

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It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.

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