John D. Rockefeller on happiness
John D. Rockefeller112 quotes“It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.”
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John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller I had to work my way up to be where I am now. All these companies could have done the same.
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller It is very important to remember what other people tell you, not so much what you yourself already know.
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller I don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates.
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller Believing that fundamental conditions of the country are sound, my son and I have for some days been purchasing sound common stocks
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller Get rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller The best philanthropy is constantly in search of the finalities-a search for a cause, an attempt to cure evils at their source.
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller 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 to make a living.
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