I 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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERWell 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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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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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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Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
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There is nothing in this world that can compare with the Christian fellowship; nothing that can satisfy but Christ.
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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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There is no feeling in this world to be compared with self-reliance–do not sacrifice that to anything else.
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The impression was gaining ground with me that it was a good thing to let the money be my slave and not make myself a slave to money.
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Our cup will truly run over only after we have sealed the character cracks.
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I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
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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 believe the power to make money is a gift of God.
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If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
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I raised my prices since there wasn’t any competition it was just the smart thing to do. Why would I keep my prices up if their wasn’t anyone to beat?
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The best philanthropy is constantly in search of the finalities-a search for a cause, an attempt to cure evils at their source.
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Never lose interest in life and the world. Never allow yourself to become annoyed.
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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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Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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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 most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit, a reputation, character.
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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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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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Let the good work go on. We must ever remember we are refining oil for the poor man and he must have it cheap and good.
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My mother was given to a typical question: “We have always done this. Why should we do anything else?” But my wife’s typical question was “We have always done this. Why don’t we do it another way or, better still, why not do something else?”
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I have ways of making money that you know nothing of.
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I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.
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Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
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