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. ROCKEFELLERI 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.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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I believe the power to make money is a gift of God.
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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.
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I shall use such influence as I have in emphasizing the basic truths common to all denominations, in lowering denominational barriers and in promoting effective cooperation among Christians of whatever creed.
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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
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Oh, how blessed young men are who have to struggle for a foundation and beginning in life.
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I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.
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The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit, a reputation, character.
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We are coming to see that there should be no stifling of labor by capital, or of capital by labor; and also that there should be no stifling of labor by labor, or of capital by capital.
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Money is a way of keeping COUNT on how well you’re doing in business.
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I was born into it and there was nothing I could do about it. It was there, like air or food, or any other element. The only question with wealth is what you do with it.
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A friendship built on business can be glorious, while a business built on friendship can be murder.
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I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
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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 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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