I had to work my way up to be where I am now. All these companies could have done the same.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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I’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.
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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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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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It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
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I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
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Get rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.
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Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.
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When a man has accumulated a sum of money, accumulated it within the law, the Government has no right to share in its earnings.
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I have ways of making money that you know nothing of.
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Our cup will truly run over only after we have sealed the character cracks.
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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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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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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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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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And we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better.
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