Long ago I lost the joy in living. The only joy I have is in my giving.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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It has always been my rule in business to make everything count.
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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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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 have nothing else to say other than I wasn’t corrupt, unfair, or greedy. I was smart when it came to making decisions for my company, and I wasn’t greedy. I gave to others in charity and donated money to fund programs. I have nothing else to say.
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The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
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The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
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The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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We are coming to see that there should be no stifling of labor by capital, or of capital by labor; and also that there should be no stifling of labor by labor, or of capital by capital.
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If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
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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 never said that I wanted to be the only company, is it my fault that I ran my company well? Wouldn’t you want the best for your company? Also consider that I started of small.
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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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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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Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in.
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The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?
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A friendship built on business can be glorious, while a business built on friendship can be murder.
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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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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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Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
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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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There is nothing in this world that can compare with the Christian fellowship; nothing that can satisfy but Christ.
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Money is a way of keeping COUNT on how well you’re doing in business.
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The man will be most successful who confers the greatest service on the world.
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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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