We are coming to see that there should be no stifling of labor by capital, or of capital by labor; and also that there should be no stifling of labor by labor, or of capital by capital.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThe common denominator for success is work.
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Never was I power thirsty, or trying to control everyone. I believed in educating everyone, so they could all get to the position I was at.
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The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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Competition is a sin.
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If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
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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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The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit, a reputation, character.
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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
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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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The task is simple. We will organize children and teach them in a perfect way the things their fathers and mothers are doing in an imperfect way.
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It has always been my rule in business to make everything count.
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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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Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
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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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The person with big talk and big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts. I believe that the law was made for man and not man for the law; that government is the servant of the people and not their master.
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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
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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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A man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily.
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The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?
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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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Long ago I lost the joy in living. The only joy I have is in my giving.
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The common denominator for success is work.
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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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I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.
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The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
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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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Homeopathy is a progressive and aggressive step in medicine.
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