Perseverance: it overcomes almost everything, even nature.
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John D. Rockefeller
John Davison Rockefeller Sr. (July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937) was an American oil industry business magnate and philanthropist. He is widely considered the wealthiest American of all time, and the richest person in modern history. Born into a large family in upstate New York, he was shaped by his con man father and religious mother. His family moved several times before eventually settling in Cleveland, Ohio. Rockefeller became an assistant bookkeeper at the age of 16, and went into a business partnership with Maurice B. Clark and his brothers at 20. After buying them out, he and his brother William founded Rockefeller & Andrews with Samuel Andrews. Instead of drilling for oil, he concentrated on refining. In 1867, Henry Flagler entered the partnership. The Rockefeller, Andrews & Flagler company grew by incorporating local refinerie
Keep a stiff upper lip, clean up as you go, and the skies will brighten by and by.
I was concentrated upon extending and developing and perfecting our business rather than on stopping by the wayside to squabble with slanderers.
We do not intend merely to grasp the situation–we must control it.
You could do or say the most outrageous things at this moment and I would not show the least sign of excitement.
Just at the moment when I required the money most was he [Rockefeller's father] apt to say 'My son, I find I have got to have that money.'
Oh how blessed young men are how have to struggle for a foundation and a beginning in life. I shall never cease to be grateful for the 3 and 1/2 years of apprenticeship and the difficulties to be overcome, all along the way.
You may not be afraid to have your hand cut off, but your body will suffer.
Then [the Clark Brothers] woke up and saw for the first time that my mind had not been idle while they were talking so big and loud.