There is no feeling in this world to be compared with self-reliance–do not sacrifice that to anything else.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLEROh, how blessed young men are who have to struggle for a foundation and beginning in life.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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It has always been my rule in business to make everything count.
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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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Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.
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The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
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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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Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.
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Let 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.
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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save. I have always regarded it a as a religious duty to get all I could honorably and to give all I could.
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The best philanthropy is constantly in search of the finalities-a search for a cause, an attempt to cure evils at their source.
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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 never said that I wanted to be the only company, is it my fault that I ran my company well? Wouldn’t you want the best for your company? Also consider that I started of small.
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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
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The major fortunes in America have been made in land.
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