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"Concentrate; put all your eggs in one basket, and watch that basket."

"I believe the true road to preeminent success in any line is to make yourself master in that line. I have no faith in the policy of scattering one's resources, and in my experience I have rarely if ever met a man who achieved preeminence in money making... certainly never one in manufacturing... who was interested in many concerns."

"I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution."

"The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it."

"There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else."

"And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department."
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"As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do."

"The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised."

"Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself."

"All honor's wounds are self-inflicted."

"Here is the prime condition of success: Concentrate your energy, thought and capital exclusively upon the business in which you are engaged. Having begun on one line, resolve to fight it out on that line, to lead in it, adopt every improvement, have the best machinery, and know the most about it."
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"You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best."

"No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.."

"Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs."

"Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community."

"I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle."

"He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave."

"Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket."

"Whatever I engage in, I must push inordinately."

"Concentrate; put all your eggs in one basket, and watch that basket..."

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