If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI 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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It has always been my rule in business to make everything count.
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Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in.
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I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money’s sake.
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I believe the power to make money is a gift of God.
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Save when you can and not when you have to.
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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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Never was I power thirsty, or trying to control everyone. I believed in educating everyone, so they could all get to the position I was at.
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I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
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There is nothing in this world that can compare with the Christian fellowship; nothing that can satisfy but Christ.
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The man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won’t succeed, you must have a larger ambition.
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There is no feeling in this world to be compared with self-reliance–do not sacrifice that to anything else.
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Character – not wealth, power, or position – is the supreme word.
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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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Well i know that my company is not corrupt or unfair because i got all this with all my hard work. I see no reason why you say my company was corrupt may you explain to me miss [Ida] Tarbell.
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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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