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Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller 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.
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller And we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better.
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller I wanted the best for my company, I had to do what I did to succeed. Everyone was lowering their prices to beat there competition so I did the same I eventually beat my competition.
John D. RockefellerJohn 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. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller I have long been profoundly convinced that in the very nature of things, employers and employees are partners, not enemies; that their interests are common not opposed; that in the long run the success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in.
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller I have made many millions but they have brought me no happiness.
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller There is nothing in this world that can compare with the Christian fellowship; nothing that can satisfy but Christ.
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller Our cup will truly run over only after we have sealed the character cracks.
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller I never said that I wanted to be the only company, is it my fault that I ran my company well? Wouldn’t you want the best for your company? Also consider that I started of small.
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller I was early taught to work as well as play. My life has been one long, happy holiday; Full of work and full of play- I dropped the worry on the way- And God was good to me everyday.
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller
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Yohan AcostaYohan Acosta There will never be a day, I am not thankful for the fire you brought to my life that still warms me to the bones.
Mark AnthonyMark Anthony You could have shook my whole world luckily I became aware, and I took a turn.
Emma SchippersEmma Schippers Be strong enough to bloom even in the storm.
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Adrienne RichAdrienne Rich For since it is impossible for a created monad to have a physical influence on the inner nature of another, this is the only way in which one can be dependent on another.
Gottfried LeibnizGottfried Leibniz Arrogance is despised by God because no one has the right to feel superior to another when all are equally dependent on Him for everything.
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Abram HofferAbram Hoffer Women will be no longer made the slaves of, or dependent upon men. They will be equal in education, rights, privileges and personal liberty.
Robert OwenRobert Owen Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.
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