I never would have been able to tithe the first million dollars I ever made if I had not tithed my first salary, which was $1.50 per week.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThe secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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To think! All that power and he wasn’t even rich!
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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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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save. I have always regarded it a as a religious duty to get all I could honorably and to give all I could.
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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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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 wanted the best for my company, I had to do what I did to succeed. Everyone was lowering their prices to beat there competition so I did the same I eventually beat my competition.
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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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The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
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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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Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in.
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If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
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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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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit, a reputation, character.
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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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