I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI believe the power to make money is a gift of God.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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The man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won’t succeed, you must have a larger ambition.
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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
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Well i know that my company is not corrupt or unfair because i got all this with all my hard work. I see no reason why you say my company was corrupt may you explain to me miss [Ida] Tarbell.
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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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Get rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.
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It is very important to remember what other people tell you, not so much what you yourself already know.
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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 would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
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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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That is not true I am not a greedy man because if I was why would i donate money to charity? I care about others as well.
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I had to work my way up to be where I am now. All these companies could have done the same.
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I should say in general the advantage of education is to better fit a man for life’s work. I would advise young men to take a college course, as a rule, but think some are just as well off with a thorough business training.
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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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I don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
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