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Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

— John D. Rockefeller

More from John D. Rockefeller

  1. 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 dicta…
  2. Don't blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
  3. Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in.
  4. Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
  5. Competition is a sin.
  6. Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
  7. I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
  8. 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…

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Topics in this quote

  • ambition
  • choices
  • excellence
  • greatness
  • growth
  • sacrifice

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