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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.

John D. Rockefeller

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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

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I think it is a man’s duty to make all the money he can, keep all that he can and give away all that he can.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

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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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The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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Dependent Each Other Reality Success Support Winning
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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

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Let the good work go on. We must ever remember we are refining oil for the poor man and he must have it cheap and good.
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Goodness Himself Men Oil Poor Remember Work
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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Business Failure Men Myself Successful
Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in.
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Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

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Often-times the most difficult competition comes, not from the strong, the intelligent, the conservative competitor, but from the man who is holding on by the eyelids and is ignorant of his costs, and anyway he’s got to keep running or bust!
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money’s sake.
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Business Devotion Men Money Myself Wake Up
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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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
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I have nothing else to say other than I wasn’t corrupt, unfair, or greedy. I was smart when it came to making decisions for my company, and I wasn’t greedy. I gave to others in charity and donated money to fund programs. I have nothing else to say.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

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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

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