When a man has accumulated a sum of money, accumulated it within the law, the Government has no right to share in its earnings.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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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 had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.
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Money is a way of keeping COUNT on how well you’re doing in business.
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Save when you can and not when you have to.
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God gave me my money.
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We can never learn too much of His will towards us, too much of His messages and His advice. The Bible is His word and its study gives at once the foundation for our faith and an inspiration to battle onward in the fight against the tempter.
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I’m glad I wrote the book to show what I found out about the [ Standard Oil Company]. I’m glad many people read my book and found out the truth.
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The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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I was born into it and there was nothing I could do about it. It was there, like air or food, or any other element. The only question with wealth is what you do with it.
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Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.
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Competition is a sin.
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I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
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It is very important to remember what other people tell you, not so much what you yourself already know.
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Believing that fundamental conditions of the country are sound, my son and I have for some days been purchasing sound common stocks
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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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