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. ROCKEFELLERI cheat my boys every chance I get. I trade with the boys and skin ’em and I just beat ’em every time I can. I want to make ’em sharp.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
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Never was I power thirsty, or trying to control everyone. I believed in educating everyone, so they could all get to the position I was at.
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How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.
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Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed.
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If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
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The man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won’t succeed, you must have a larger ambition.
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Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim.
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When work goes out of style we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.
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Character – not wealth, power, or position – is the supreme word.
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Save when you can and not when you have to.
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I believe the power to make money is a gift of God.
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Competition is a sin.
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The common denominator for success is work.
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The man will be most successful who confers the greatest service on the world.
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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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