My mother was given to a typical question: “We have always done this. Why should we do anything else?” But my wife’s typical question was “We have always done this. Why don’t we do it another way or, better still, why not do something else?”
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThe day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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I have ways of making money that you know nothing of.
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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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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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When work goes out of style we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.
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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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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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Taxation has its limitations as a method of achieving better economic distribution since for this purpose it is essentially remedial. We must also take a positive approach by finding new ways to spread ownership of future capital growth more broadly in our society.
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Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life.
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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
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I raised my prices since there wasn’t any competition it was just the smart thing to do. Why would I keep my prices up if their wasn’t anyone to beat?
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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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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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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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There is no feeling in this world to be compared with self-reliance–do not sacrifice that to anything else.
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