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. ROCKEFELLERI was trained from the beginning to work, to save. I have always regarded it a as a religious duty to get all I could honorably and to give all I could.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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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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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit, a reputation, character.
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I don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
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Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
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Who is the poorest man in the world? I tell you, the poorest man I know of is the man who has nothing but money.
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Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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The major fortunes in America have been made in land.
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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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Competition is a sin.
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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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The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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Capital and labor are both wild forces which require intelligent legislation to hold them in restriction.
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