I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERLet 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.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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That is not true I am not a greedy man because if I was why would i donate money to charity? I care about others as well.
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Do not many of us who fail to achieve big things fail because we lack concentration-the art of concentrating the mind on the thing to be done at the proper time and to the exclusion of everything else?
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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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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 would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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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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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.
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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 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 think it is a man’s duty to make all the money he can, keep all that he can and give away all that he can.
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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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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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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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The common denominator for success is work.
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