I have nothing else to say other than I wasn’t corrupt, unfair, or greedy. I was smart when it came to making decisions for my company, and I wasn’t greedy. I gave to others in charity and donated money to fund programs. I have nothing else to say.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERWhen work goes out of style we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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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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The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.
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Oh, how blessed young men are who have to struggle for a foundation and beginning in life.
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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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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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Character – not wealth, power, or position – is the supreme word.
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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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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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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
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I raised my prices since there wasn’t any competition it was just the smart thing to do. Why would I keep my prices up if their wasn’t anyone to beat?
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I believe the power to make money is a gift of God.
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I don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
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Let the good work go on. We must ever remember we are refining oil for the poor man and he must have it cheap and good.
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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 never placed my head upon the pillow at night without reminding myself that my success might only be temporary.
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I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.
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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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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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The day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return.
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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 it is a religious duty to get all the money you can, fairly and honestly; to keep all you can, and to give away all you can.
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Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life.
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A man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily.
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The task is simple. We will organize children and teach them in a perfect way the things their fathers and mothers are doing in an imperfect way.
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