I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERGet rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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The person with big talk and big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts. I believe that the law was made for man and not man for the law; that government is the servant of the people and not their master.
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The 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.
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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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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.
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I never placed my head upon the pillow at night without reminding myself that my success might only be temporary.
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It has always been my rule in business to make everything count.
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Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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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 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.
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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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Character – not wealth, power, or position – is the supreme word.
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