The day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return.
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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I have ways of making money that you know nothing of.
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I should say in general the advantage of education is to better fit a man for life’s work. I would advise young men to take a college course, as a rule, but think some are just as well off with a thorough business training.
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I never would have been able to tithe the first million dollars I ever made if I had not tithed my first salary, which was $1.50 per week.
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I wanted the best for my company, I had to do what I did to succeed. Everyone was lowering their prices to beat there competition so I did the same I eventually beat my competition.
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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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The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
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I had to work my way up to be where I am now. All these companies could have done the same.
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Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
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How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.
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My mother was given to a typical question: “We have always done this. Why should we do anything else?” But my wife’s typical question was “We have always done this. Why don’t we do it another way or, better still, why not do something else?”
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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 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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Character – not wealth, power, or position – is the supreme word.
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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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Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
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