The 38 Letters from J.D. Rockefeller to His Son: Perspectives, Ideology, and Wisdom
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(Men of privilege without power are waste-material. Men of enlightenment without influence are the poorest kind of rubbish.)
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I do not live by God-given luck, but I do-so by planning luck.
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we must carefully plan our luck, and planning luck requires a good plan.
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A good plan must be a good design, and a good design must be able to play a role.
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“Pain will eventually pass, but beauty will last forever.”
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don’t wait until everything is ready, there will never be absolute perfection.
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I do not go into war, but I destroy competitors.
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honesty is a method and a strategy.
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Failure is a good thing as long as it does not become a habit.
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Dream + Failure + Challenge = Success
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There is nothing in the world that can replace perseverance.
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Unless you give up, you will not be beaten.
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If we do our best and still fail to achieve the goal, all we should do is to learn our lesson and strive to perform better next time.
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The level of confidence determines the level of achievement.
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As long as we believe that we can succeed, we will succeed.
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“Unshakable faith is enough to move mountains.”
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Successful people are just ordinary people who believe in themselves and affirm what they do. Never, never sell yourself cheaply.
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can deceive the enemy, but I will never deceive myself.
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Destiny must be created by oneself, and what you really want must be obtained by every means.
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(Simplicity is an uptightness of soul that has no reference to self; it is different from sincerity, and it is a still higher virtue.)
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Arrogance usually leads to downfall.
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(The people who get on in the world are the people who look for the circumstances they want, if they cannot find them, make them.)
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A victory at any cost is not a victory.
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Deny his dignity, and you take away his fate.
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A person who is smart is a fool, and a person who knows how to play a fool is smart.
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A person who is smart is a fool, and a person who knows how to play a fool is really smart.
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The smarter the person, the more necessary it is for them to play stupid, because as the saying goes – the more mature the rice, the more they sag.
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Hard work is for oneself, not for others.
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Excuses are the source of failure.
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The more successful a person is, the less he will make excuses.
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My only belief is to believe in myself!
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I should be rich; I have no right to be poor.
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Let money be my slave, but do not let me be a slave of money.
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there is nothing more pitiful and contemptible than someone who makes money for the sake of making money. I know how to make money: let money be my slave, not me.
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Wealth is directly proportional to goal.
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The higher the risk, the greater the return.
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The more things you have, the greater your power.
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To win, you must understand the value of risk, and you must have your own vision of creating luck.
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Never let your own personal prejudices hinder your success.
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The more you think you can do it,
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the smarter you will get.
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When it comes to money, never mention the amount first.
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Treat others the way you wish to be treated.
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A friendship built on business is far better than a business built on friendship.
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If it is not God who gave me what I have accomplished today, I would like to attribute it to the support from three powers: The first power comes from following the rules, which allows the enterprise to operate continuously; the second force comes from cruel and ruthless competition, it makes every competition more perfect; the third force comes from cooperation, which allows me to obtain benefits and profit from cooperation.
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The size of our thoughts determines the size of our achievements.
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Attitude is our best friend and also our worst enemy.
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Make every penny’s worth.
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Do not take the first step without thinking about the last step.
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Only when you can endure what people cannot, can you then do what people cannot do.
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