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John D Rockefeller Inspirational Quotes (65)

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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.
John D. Rockefeller
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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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Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in.
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If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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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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Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
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The person with big talk and big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts. I believe that the law was made for man and not man for the law that government is the servant of the people and not their master.
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When work goes out of style we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.
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I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
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Oh, how blessed young men are who have to struggle for a foundation and beginning in life.
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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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Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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The major fortunes in America have been made in land.
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I never said that I wanted to be the only company, is it my fault that I ran my company well? Wouldn't you want the best for your company? Also consider that I started of small.
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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
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I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
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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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The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
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Save when you can and not when you have to.
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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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We are coming to see that there should be no stifling of labor by capital, or of capital by labor and also that there should be no stifling of labor by labor, or of capital by capital.
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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
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The American Beauty Rose can be produced in the splendor and fragrance which bring cheer to its beholder only by sacrificing the early buds which grow up around it. This is not an evil tendency in business. It is merely the working-out of a law of nature and a law of God.
John D. Rockefeller
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