The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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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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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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Save when you can and not when you have to.
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The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?
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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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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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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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Character – not wealth, power, or position – is the supreme word.
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Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed.
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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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A man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily.
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Well i know that my company is not corrupt or unfair because i got all this with all my hard work. I see no reason why you say my company was corrupt may you explain to me miss [Ida] Tarbell.
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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 believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.
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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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We are coming to see that there should be no stifling of labor by capital, or of capital by labor; and also that there should be no stifling of labor by labor, or of capital by capital.
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The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit, a reputation, character.
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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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It is very important to remember what other people tell you, not so much what you yourself already know.
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I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
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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 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.
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Homeopathy is a progressive and aggressive step in medicine.
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A friendship built on business can be glorious, while a business built on friendship can be murder.
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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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