I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money’s sake.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERLong ago I lost the joy in living. The only joy I have is in my giving.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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Save when you can and not when you have to.
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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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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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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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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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I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.
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Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.
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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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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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You know that great prejudice exists against all successful business enterprise – the more successful, the greater the prejudice.
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I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
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Competition is a sin.
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How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.
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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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Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
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