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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI cheat my boys every chance I get. I trade with the boys and skin ’em and I just beat ’em every time I can. I want to make ’em sharp.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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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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Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life.
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Own nothing, control everything.
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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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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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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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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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Get rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.
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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 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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Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.
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I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
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I believe it is a religious duty to get all the money you can, fairly and honestly; to keep all you can, and to give away all you can.
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Money is a way of keeping COUNT on how well you’re doing in business.
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The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
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