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. ROCKEFELLERTo think! All that power and he wasn’t even rich!
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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You know that great prejudice exists against all successful business enterprise – the more successful, the greater the prejudice.
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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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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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I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
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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.
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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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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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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!
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Save when you can and not when you have to.
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I never would have been able to tithe the first million dollars I ever made if I had not tithed my first salary, which was $1.50 per week.
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I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.
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I cheat my boys every chance I get. I trade with the boys and skin ’em and I just beat ’em every time I can. I want to make ’em sharp.
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I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
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