I have long been profoundly convinced that in the very nature of things, employers and employees are partners, not enemies; that their interests are common not opposed; that in the long run the success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThat 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.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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Often-times the most difficult competition comes, not from the strong, the intelligent, the conservative competitor, but from the man who is holding on by the eyelids and is ignorant of his costs, and anyway he’s got to keep running or bust!
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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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The task is simple. We will organize children and teach them in a perfect way the things their fathers and mothers are doing in an imperfect way.
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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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I cheat my boys every chance I get. I trade with the boys and skin ’em and I just beat ’em every time I can. I want to make ’em sharp.
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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’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 only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?
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Save when you can and not when you have to.
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Capital and labor are both wild forces which require intelligent legislation to hold them in restriction.
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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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God gave me my money.
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Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
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I believe the power to make money is a gift of God.
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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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