Do not many of us who fail to achieve big things fail because we lack concentration-the art of concentrating the mind on the thing to be done at the proper time and to the exclusion of everything else?
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLEROur cup will truly run over only after we have sealed the character cracks.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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The day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return.
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I have ways of making money that you know nothing of.
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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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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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Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life.
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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.
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Never lose interest in life and the world. Never allow yourself to become annoyed.
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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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It has always been my rule in business to make everything count.
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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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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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The person with big talk and big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts. I believe that the law was made for man and not man for the law; that government is the servant of the people and not their master.
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I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
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