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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThe best business in the world is a well run oil company. The second best business in the world is a badly run oil company.
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I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
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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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Own nothing, control everything.
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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’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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Believing that fundamental conditions of the country are sound, my son and I have for some days been purchasing sound common stocks
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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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You know that great prejudice exists against all successful business enterprise – the more successful, the greater the prejudice.
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I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
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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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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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Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life.
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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?
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Save when you can and not when you have to.
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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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