The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERSingleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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Competition is a sin.
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Who is the poorest man in the world? I tell you, the poorest man I know of is the man who has nothing but money.
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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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Well i know that my company is not corrupt or unfair because i got all this with all my hard work. I see no reason why you say my company was corrupt may you explain to me miss [Ida] Tarbell.
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I was born into it and there was nothing I could do about it. It was there, like air or food, or any other element. The only question with wealth is what you do with it.
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Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.
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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.
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I should say in general the advantage of education is to better fit a man for life’s work. I would advise young men to take a college course, as a rule, but think some are just as well off with a thorough business training.
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Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
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Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed.
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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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Character – not wealth, power, or position – is the supreme word.
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Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
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I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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Homeopathy is a progressive and aggressive step in medicine.
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