If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERGiving is the secret to a healthy life. Not necessarily money, but whatever a person has to give of encouragement, sympathy, and understanding.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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I believe the power to make money is a gift from God to be developed and used to the best of our ability for the good of mankind.
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I have ways of making money that you know nothing of.
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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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Who is the poorest man in the world? I tell you, the poorest man I know of is the man who has nothing but money.
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The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
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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 major fortunes in America have been made in land.
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The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?
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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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There is no feeling in this world to be compared with self-reliance–do not sacrifice that to anything else.
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I never said that I wanted to be the only company, is it my fault that I ran my company well? Wouldn’t you want the best for your company? Also consider that I started of small.
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Own nothing, control everything.
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Never was I power thirsty, or trying to control everyone. I believed in educating everyone, so they could all get to the position I was at.
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I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
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I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
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