Believing that fundamental conditions of the country are sound, my son and I have for some days been purchasing sound common stocks
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERWell i know that my company is not corrupt or unfair because i got all this with all my hard work. I see no reason why you say my company was corrupt may you explain to me miss [Ida] Tarbell.
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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Get rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.
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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
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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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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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The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?
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To think! All that power and he wasn’t even rich!
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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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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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Money is a way of keeping COUNT on how well you’re doing in business.
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Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
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And we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better.
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Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.
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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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