I never placed my head upon the pillow at night without reminding myself that my success might only be temporary.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThe secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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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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The day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return.
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I don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
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Character – not wealth, power, or position – is the supreme word.
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There is no feeling in this world to be compared with self-reliance–do not sacrifice that to anything else.
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I was born into it and there was nothing I could do about it. It was there, like air or food, or any other element. The only question with wealth is what you do with it.
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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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The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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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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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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Competition is a sin.
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I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
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God gave me my money.
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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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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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