Best Quotes by John D. Rockefeller (Top 10)
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Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
John D. Rockefeller
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God gave me my money. I believe the power to make money is a gift from God . to be developed and used to the best of our ability for the good of mankind. Having been endowed with the gift I possess, I believe it is my duty to make money and still more money and to use the money I make for the good of my fellow man according to the dictates of my conscience.
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I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
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I was early taught to work as well as play. My life has been one long, happy holiday; Full of work and full of play- I dropped the worry on the way- And God was good to me everyday.
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I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
John D. Rockefeller
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The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
John D. Rockefeller
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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
John D. Rockefeller
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I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
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The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
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I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.
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More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
John D. Rockefeller
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The man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won't succeed, you must have a larger ambition.
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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 most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit... a reputation, character.
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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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Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim.
John D. Rockefeller
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I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty.
John D. Rockefeller
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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
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Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
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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.
John D. Rockefeller
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If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
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It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
John D. Rockefeller
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The person who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won't succeed; you must have a larger ambition. There is no mystery in business success. If you do each day's task successfully, and stay faithfully within these natural operations of commercial laws which I talk so much about, and keep your head clear, you will come out all right.
John D. Rockefeller
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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.
John D. Rockefeller
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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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The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?
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I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.
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