I had to work my way up to be where I am now. All these companies could have done the same.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERYou know that great prejudice exists against all successful business enterprise – the more successful, the greater the prejudice.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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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.
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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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Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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Taxation has its limitations as a method of achieving better economic distribution since for this purpose it is essentially remedial. We must also take a positive approach by finding new ways to spread ownership of future capital growth more broadly in our society.
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I raised my prices since there wasn’t any competition it was just the smart thing to do. Why would I keep my prices up if their wasn’t anyone to beat?
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Character – not wealth, power, or position – is the supreme word.
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Money is a way of keeping COUNT on how well you’re doing in business.
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The day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return.
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There is no feeling in this world to be compared with self-reliance–do not sacrifice that to anything else.
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I cheat my boys every chance I get. I trade with the boys and skin ’em and I just beat ’em every time I can. I want to make ’em sharp.
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Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed.
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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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Own nothing, control everything.
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It has always been my rule in business to make everything count.
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