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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThink of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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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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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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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 impression was gaining ground with me that it was a good thing to let the money be my slave and not make myself a slave to money.
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I was early taught to work as well as play. My life has been one long, happy holiday; Full of work and full of play- I dropped the worry on the way- And God was good to me everyday.
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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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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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God gave me my money.
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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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And we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better.
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The common denominator for success is work.
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Never lose interest in life and the world. Never allow yourself to become annoyed.
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It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
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Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed.
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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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