The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERDon’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
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A man’s wealth must be determined by the relation of his desires and expenditures to his income. If he feels rich on ten dollars, and has everything else he desires, he really is rich.
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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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The major fortunes in America have been made in land.
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There is nothing in this world that can compare with the Christian fellowship; nothing that can satisfy but Christ.
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I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates.
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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.
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I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.
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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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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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There is no feeling in this world to be compared with self-reliance–do not sacrifice that to anything else.
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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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