I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThe impression was gaining ground with me that it was a good thing to let the money be my slave and not make myself a slave to money.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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Well i know that my company is not corrupt or unfair because i got all this with all my hard work. I see no reason why you say my company was corrupt may you explain to me miss [Ida] Tarbell.
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I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.
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I raised my prices since there wasn’t any competition it was just the smart thing to do. Why would I keep my prices up if their wasn’t anyone to beat?
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It has always been my rule in business to make everything count.
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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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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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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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I’m glad I wrote the book to show what I found out about the [ Standard Oil Company]. I’m glad many people read my book and found out the truth.
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Giving is the secret to a healthy life. Not necessarily money, but whatever a person has to give of encouragement, sympathy, and understanding.
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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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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.
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I had to work my way up to be where I am now. All these companies could have done the same.
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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 believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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