Don't be afraid to give up ...

Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
 John D. Rockefeller

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Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come.
 Dave East
A lot of people change for good. Some people just fall off. Just trying to progress in anything, no matter what you're doing, I feel like any progression you make... some people aren't gonna be around you that were around you.
 Dave East
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
You can't break poor people mentality. Once you grow up poor, you don't take anything for granted. It can have the negative side also because you can never truly be relaxed.
 Will Smith
I think society had to grow up to the mentality of Peter Norman.
 John Carlos

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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.
 John D. Rockefeller
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?
 John D. Rockefeller
Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
 John D. Rockefeller
I believe the power to make money is a gift from God...to be developed and used to the best of our ability for the good of mankind.
 John D. Rockefeller
I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
 John D. Rockefeller