Subjucgate one part, consolidate your forces, the move to the next part (conquest).
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Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist From the acclaimed, award-winning author of Alexander Hamilton: here is the essential, endlessly engrossing biography of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.—the Jekyll-and-Hyde of American capitalis
Tell yourself you'll quit right after you do this next task right. Watch as you keep putting it off.
Converting worst possible moments into promising ones.
Perseverance: it overcomes almost everything, even nature.
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.
He believed there was a time to think and then a time to act.
You could do or say the most outrageous things at this moment and I would not show the least sign of excitement.
Seeing opportunity in every disaster, he studied the situation exhaustively instead of bemoaning his bad luck.
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.
He was the sort of stubborn person who grew more determined with rejection.
Fierce winnowing of adversity, the stern lash of marketplace discipline.
You may not be afraid to have your hand cut off, but your body will suffer.
Delivering sharp, sudden blows against business, then following with conciliatory speeches.
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.
Sharp, vigorous, and decisive measures.
You can abuse me, you can strike me, so long as you let me have my own way.
The real purpose of organizing [unions is] 'to do as little as possible for the greatest possible pay.'