If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI 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 don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
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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 wanted the best for my company, I had to do what I did to succeed. Everyone was lowering their prices to beat there competition so I did the same I eventually beat my competition.
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Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
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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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Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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When work goes out of style we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.
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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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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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The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
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Money is a way of keeping COUNT on how well you’re doing in business.
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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.
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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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I never placed my head upon the pillow at night without reminding myself that my success might only be temporary.
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