John D. Rockefeller Quotes

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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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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Himself Important Men Possession Religion
We 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.
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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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Better Business Friendship Inspirational Success
Taxation has its limitations as a method of achieving better economic distribution since for this purpose it is essentially remedial. We must also take a positive approach by finding new ways to spread ownership of future capital growth more broadly in our society.
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Achievement Growth Limitation Ourselves Purpose Tax Wisdom
I 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.
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Who is the poorest man in the world? I tell you, the poorest man I know of is the man who has nothing but money.
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The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?
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The man will be most successful who confers the greatest service on the world.
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It has always been my rule in business to make everything count.
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Business Myself Rule Worth
Well 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.
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Often-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!
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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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Devotion Happiness Life Myself Thinking
If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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Never lose interest in life and the world. Never allow yourself to become annoyed.
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Annoy Feeling Life Lose World Yourself
How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.
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Happiness Inspirational Men Money Oneself
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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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Himself Important Men Possession Religion
I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Devotion Happiness Life Myself Thinking
If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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Election Identity Myself Name
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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Bad Best Business Company Oil Run World
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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Money Myself Possible Wealth Worth
The day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return.
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Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
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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.
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Believe Generosity Honesty Kindness Money Religious Yourself
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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If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
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Achievement Business Goal Money Yourself

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