To think! All that power and he wasn’t even rich!
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERTo think! All that power and he wasn’t even rich!
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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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Capital and labor are both wild forces which require intelligent legislation to hold them in restriction.
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I have ways of making money that you know nothing of.
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Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
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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.
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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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Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.
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How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.
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Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
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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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I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
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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?”
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The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?
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Own nothing, control everything.
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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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