Long ago I lost the joy in living. The only joy I have is in my giving.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
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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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The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit, a reputation, character.
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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.
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I have long been profoundly convinced that in the very nature of things, employers and employees are partners, not enemies; that their interests are common not opposed; that in the long run the success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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Own nothing, control everything.
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Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
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A man’s wealth must be determined by the relation of his desires and expenditures to his income. If he feels rich on ten dollars, and has everything else he desires, he really is rich.
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Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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Capital and labor are both wild forces which require intelligent legislation to hold them in restriction.
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You know that great prejudice exists against all successful business enterprise – the more successful, the greater the prejudice.
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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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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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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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