Our cup will truly run over only after we have sealed the character cracks.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLEROften-times the most difficult competition comes, not from the strong, the intelligent, the conservative competitor, but from the man who is holding on by the eyelids and is ignorant of his costs, and anyway he’s got to keep running or bust!
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
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God gave me my money.
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Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
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I believe the power to make money is a gift from God to be developed and used to the best of our ability for the good of mankind.
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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 secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
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It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
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I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
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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.
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Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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I had to work my way up to be where I am now. All these companies could have done the same.
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I cheat my boys every chance I get. I trade with the boys and skin ’em and I just beat ’em every time I can. I want to make ’em sharp.
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I have made many millions but they have brought me no happiness.
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I was born into it and there was nothing I could do about it. It was there, like air or food, or any other element. The only question with wealth is what you do with it.
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Let the good work go on. We must ever remember we are refining oil for the poor man and he must have it cheap and good.
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