The best philanthropy is constantly in search of the finalities-a search for a cause, an attempt to cure evils at their source.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThe most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit, a reputation, character.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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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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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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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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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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The man will be most successful who confers the greatest service on the world.
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How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.
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I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money’s sake.
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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save. I have always regarded it a as a religious duty to get all I could honorably and to give all I could.
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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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Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
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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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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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I never placed my head upon the pillow at night without reminding myself that my success might only be temporary.
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The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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