Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed.
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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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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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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Character – not wealth, power, or position – is the supreme word.
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There is nothing in this world that can compare with the Christian fellowship; nothing that can satisfy but Christ.
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I should say in general the advantage of education is to better fit a man for life’s work. I would advise young men to take a college course, as a rule, but think some are just as well off with a thorough business training.
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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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Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life.
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Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim.
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Capital and labor are both wild forces which require intelligent legislation to hold them in restriction.
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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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The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.
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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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It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
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Taxation has its limitations as a method of achieving better economic distribution since for this purpose it is essentially remedial. We must also take a positive approach by finding new ways to spread ownership of future capital growth more broadly in our society.
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