Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERIt is very important to remember what other people tell you, not so much what you yourself already know.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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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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I have ways of making money that you know nothing of.
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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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I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
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The man will be most successful who confers the greatest service on the world.
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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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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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The day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return.
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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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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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That is not true I am not a greedy man because if I was why would i donate money to charity? I care about others as well.
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Own nothing, control everything.
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Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in.
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The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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The impression was gaining ground with me that it was a good thing to let the money be my slave and not make myself a slave to money.
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