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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
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I shall use such influence as I have in emphasizing the basic truths common to all denominations, in lowering denominational barriers and in promoting effective cooperation among Christians of whatever creed.
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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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The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit, a reputation, character.
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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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Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
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Believing that fundamental conditions of the country are sound, my son and I have for some days been purchasing sound common stocks
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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 believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.
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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
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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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Giving is the secret to a healthy life. Not necessarily money, but whatever a person has to give of encouragement, sympathy, and understanding.
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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
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