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.

- John D. Rockefeller

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John D. Rockefeller co-founded the Standard Oil Company in 1870, which became the largest oil refining company in the world. It played a pivotal role in shaping the modern petroleum industry.

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