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?
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERSave when you can and not when you have to.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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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 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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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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I have nothing else to say other than I wasn’t corrupt, unfair, or greedy. I was smart when it came to making decisions for my company, and I wasn’t greedy. I gave to others in charity and donated money to fund programs. I have nothing else to say.
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Get rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.
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Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.
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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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The best business in the world is a well run oil company. The second best business in the world is a badly run oil company.
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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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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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Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
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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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The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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