I don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERWhen work goes out of style we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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I shall use such influence as I have in emphasizing the basic truths common to all denominations, in lowering denominational barriers and in promoting effective cooperation among Christians of whatever creed.
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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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I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
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How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.
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Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
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When a man has accumulated a sum of money, accumulated it within the law, the Government has no right to share in its earnings.
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I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
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A man’s wealth must be determined by the relation of his desires and expenditures to his income. If he feels rich on ten dollars, and has everything else he desires, he really is rich.
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I believe the power to make money is a gift from God to be developed and used to the best of our ability for the good of mankind.
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Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim.
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We are coming to see that there should be no stifling of labor by capital, or of capital by labor; and also that there should be no stifling of labor by labor, or of capital by capital.
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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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The best business in the world is a well run oil company. The second best business in the world is a badly run oil company.
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Do not many of us who fail to achieve big things fail because we lack concentration-the art of concentrating the mind on the thing to be done at the proper time and to the exclusion of everything else?
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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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