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?
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThe only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
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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 made many millions but they have brought me no happiness.
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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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Get rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.
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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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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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You know that great prejudice exists against all successful business enterprise – the more successful, the greater the prejudice.
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To think! All that power and he wasn’t even rich!
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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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I don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
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Giving is the secret to a healthy life. Not necessarily money, but whatever a person has to give of encouragement, sympathy, and understanding.
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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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Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in.
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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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