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. ROCKEFELLERNext to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.
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The day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return.
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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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I have made many millions but they have brought me no happiness.
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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 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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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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There is no feeling in this world to be compared with self-reliance–do not sacrifice that to anything else.
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The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
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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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Long ago I lost the joy in living. The only joy I have is in my giving.
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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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I believe the power to make money is a gift of God.
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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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The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
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When a man has accumulated a sum of money, accumulated it within the law, the Government has no right to share in its earnings.
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