I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThe 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.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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Get rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.
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The best business in the world is a well run oil company. The second best business in the world is a badly run oil company.
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Believing that fundamental conditions of the country are sound, my son and I have for some days been purchasing sound common stocks
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The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.
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I shall use such influence as I have in emphasizing the basic truths common to all denominations, in lowering denominational barriers and in promoting effective cooperation among Christians of whatever creed.
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I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates.
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Long ago I lost the joy in living. The only joy I have is in my giving.
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We are coming to see that there should be no stifling of labor by capital, or of capital by labor; and also that there should be no stifling of labor by labor, or of capital by capital.
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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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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
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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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A friendship built on business can be glorious, while a business built on friendship can be murder.
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I believe it is a religious duty to get all the money you can, fairly and honestly; to keep all you can, and to give away all you can.
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Save when you can and not when you have to.
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