I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERWe 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.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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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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I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.
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To think! All that power and he wasn’t even rich!
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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
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I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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I believe the power to make money is a gift of God.
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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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Competition is a sin.
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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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I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates.
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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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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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You know that great prejudice exists against all successful business enterprise – the more successful, the greater the prejudice.
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I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
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