Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI’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.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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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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Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.
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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.
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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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A man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily.
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I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
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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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The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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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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It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
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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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