I have made many millions but they have brought me no happiness.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERGiving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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Capital and labor are both wild forces which require intelligent legislation to hold them in restriction.
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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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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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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save. I have always regarded it a as a religious duty to get all I could honorably and to give all I could.
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When work goes out of style we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.
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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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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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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 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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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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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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It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
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A man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily.
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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’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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