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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI 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.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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The man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won’t succeed, you must have a larger ambition.
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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 have ways of making money that you know nothing of.
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The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
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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 was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
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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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If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
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I never placed my head upon the pillow at night without reminding myself that my success might only be temporary.
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The major fortunes in America have been made in land.
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How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.
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I think it is a man’s duty to make all the money he can, keep all that he can and give away all that he can.
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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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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.
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The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.
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