There is no feeling in this world to be compared with self-reliance–do not sacrifice that to anything else.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI never said that I wanted to be the only company, is it my fault that I ran my company well? Wouldn’t you want the best for your company? Also consider that I started of small.
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Never was I power thirsty, or trying to control everyone. I believed in educating everyone, so they could all get to the position I was at.
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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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A friendship built on business can be glorious, while a business built on friendship can be murder.
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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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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
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Believing that fundamental conditions of the country are sound, my son and I have for some days been purchasing sound common stocks
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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 have long been profoundly convinced that in the very nature of things, employers and employees are partners, not enemies; that their interests are common not opposed; that in the long run the success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.
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Competition is a sin.
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Oh, how blessed young men are who have to struggle for a foundation and beginning in life.
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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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I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.
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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 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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