We are coming to see that there should be no stifling of labor by capital, or of capital by labor; and also that there should be no stifling of labor by labor, or of capital by capital.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThere is no feeling in this world to be compared with self-reliance–do not sacrifice that to anything else.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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That is not true I am not a greedy man because if I was why would i donate money to charity? I care about others as well.
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Long ago I lost the joy in living. The only joy I have is in my giving.
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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.
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Competition is a sin.
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I shall use such influence as I have in emphasizing the basic truths common to all denominations, in lowering denominational barriers and in promoting effective cooperation among Christians of whatever creed.
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I never said that I wanted to be the only company, is it my fault that I ran my company well? Wouldn’t you want the best for your company? Also consider that I started of small.
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My mother was given to a typical question: “We have always done this. Why should we do anything else?” But my wife’s typical question was “We have always done this. Why don’t we do it another way or, better still, why not do something else?”
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Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.
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And we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better.
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The best philanthropy is constantly in search of the finalities-a search for a cause, an attempt to cure evils at their source.
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A man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily.
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The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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I believe the power to make money is a gift of God.
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When a man has accumulated a sum of money, accumulated it within the law, the Government has no right to share in its earnings.
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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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