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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERWe can never learn too much of His will towards us, too much of His messages and His advice. The Bible is His word and its study gives at once the foundation for our faith and an inspiration to battle onward in the fight against the tempter.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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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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Competition is a sin.
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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?
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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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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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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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Never lose interest in life and the world. Never allow yourself to become annoyed.
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Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
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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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The major fortunes in America have been made in land.
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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 believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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The 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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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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The man will be most successful who confers the greatest service on the world.
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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
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The best philanthropy is constantly in search of the finalities-a search for a cause, an attempt to cure evils at their source.
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I have nothing else to say other than I wasn’t corrupt, unfair, or greedy. I was smart when it came to making decisions for my company, and I wasn’t greedy. I gave to others in charity and donated money to fund programs. I have nothing else to say.
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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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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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Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed.
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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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A man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily.
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