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I never placed my head upon the pillow at night without reminding myself that my success might only be temporary.

John D. Rockefeller

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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Advice Business College Education Men Myself Rule Thinking Training Young
Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Betrayal Reality Time Yourself
A friendship built on business can be glorious, while a business built on friendship can be murder.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Build Business Death Difference Friendship
The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Dependent Each Other Reality Success Support Winning
Taxation has its limitations as a method of achieving better economic distribution since for this purpose it is essentially remedial. We must also take a positive approach by finding new ways to spread ownership of future capital growth more broadly in our society.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Achievement Growth Limitation Ourselves Purpose Tax Wisdom
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!
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Competition Cost Difficult Himself Ignorance Intelligent Man Run Strong Time
I believe it is a religious duty to get all the money you can, fairly and honestly; to keep all you can, and to give away all you can.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Believe Generosity Honesty Kindness Money Religious Yourself
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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Book Happiness Myself Oil People Reading Truth
Homeopathy is a progressive and aggressive step in medicine.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Doctor Medicine Progressive
I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Beginning Generosity Myself Save Training Work
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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Bad Best Business Company Oil Run World
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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Employment Enemy Myself Nature Partner Run Success
When a man has accumulated a sum of money, accumulated it within the law, the Government has no right to share in its earnings.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Government Law Men Money Right
A man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Man Right Wasted Time
A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Better Business Friendship Inspirational Success
It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Happiness Laughter Men Thinking Wrong

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