A man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThe only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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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 was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
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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 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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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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I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates.
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The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
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Character – not wealth, power, or position – is the supreme word.
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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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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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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in.
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Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed.
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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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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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