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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERMoney is a way of keeping COUNT on how well you’re doing in business.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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It is very important to remember what other people tell you, not so much what you yourself already know.
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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save. I have always regarded it a as a religious duty to get all I could honorably and to give all I could.
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Save when you can and not when you have to.
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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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Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
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I had to work my way up to be where I am now. All these companies could have done the same.
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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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Never lose interest in life and the world. Never allow yourself to become annoyed.
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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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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 had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.
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God gave me my money.
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Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
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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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