I believe it is a religious duty to get all the money you can, fairly and honestly; to keep all you can, and to give away all you can.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI 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.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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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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Competition is a sin.
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The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit, a reputation, character.
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I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.
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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 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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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
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I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates.
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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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That is not true I am not a greedy man because if I was why would i donate money to charity? I care about others as well.
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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?”
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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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