If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI believe the power to make money is a gift from God to be developed and used to the best of our ability for the good of mankind.
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Character – not wealth, power, or position – is the supreme word.
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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.
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The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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The person with big talk and big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts. I believe that the law was made for man and not man for the law; that government is the servant of the people and not their master.
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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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Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life.
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I was early taught to work as well as play. My life has been one long, happy holiday; Full of work and full of play- I dropped the worry on the way- And God was good to me everyday.
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When a man has accumulated a sum of money, accumulated it within the law, the Government has no right to share in its earnings.
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I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
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I wanted the best for my company, I had to do what I did to succeed. Everyone was lowering their prices to beat there competition so I did the same I eventually beat my competition.
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Taxation has its limitations as a method of achieving better economic distribution since for this purpose it is essentially remedial. We must also take a positive approach by finding new ways to spread ownership of future capital growth more broadly in our society.
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Our cup will truly run over only after we have sealed the character cracks.
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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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Often-times the most difficult competition comes, not from the strong, the intelligent, the conservative competitor, but from the man who is holding on by the eyelids and is ignorant of his costs, and anyway he’s got to keep running or bust!
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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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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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Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
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The man will be most successful who confers the greatest service on the world.
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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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I never would have been able to tithe the first million dollars I ever made if I had not tithed my first salary, which was $1.50 per week.
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I have ways of making money that you know nothing of.
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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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To think! All that power and he wasn’t even rich!
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I had to work my way up to be where I am now. All these companies could have done the same.
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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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