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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLEROwn nothing, control everything.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.
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The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
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The day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return.
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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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Money is a way of keeping COUNT on how well you’re doing in business.
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Competition is a sin.
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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 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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The best philanthropy is constantly in search of the finalities-a search for a cause, an attempt to cure evils at their source.
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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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I was early taught to work as well as play. My life has been one long, happy holiday; Full of work and full of play- I dropped the worry on the way- And God was good to me everyday.
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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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Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim.
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You know that great prejudice exists against all successful business enterprise – the more successful, the greater the prejudice.
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The best business in the world is a well run oil company. The second best business in the world is a badly run oil company.
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