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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.

John D. Rockefeller

I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Believe Live Myself
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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Beginning Charity Giving Myself Religious
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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Believe Big Dream Government Man Master Myself People Person Politics Powerful Service Talk
I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money’s sake.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Business Devotion Men Money Myself Wake Up
I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Devotion Happiness Life Myself Thinking
Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Betrayal Reality Time Yourself
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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Achievement Growth Limitation Ourselves Purpose Tax Wisdom
There is no feeling in this world to be compared with self-reliance–do not sacrifice that to anything else.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Better Feeling Lose Sacrifice World
Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Lesson Life Motivational Purpose
Believing that fundamental conditions of the country are sound, my son and I have for some days been purchasing sound common stocks
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Believe Condition Country Fundamental Myself Son Sound
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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Employment Enemy Myself Nature Partner Run Success
When a man has accumulated a sum of money, accumulated it within the law, the Government has no right to share in its earnings.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Government Law Men Money Right
I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Choice Enthusiasm Hire Intelligence Men Myself
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!
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Competition Cost Difficult Himself Ignorance Intelligent Man Run Strong Time
Capital and labor are both wild forces which require intelligent legislation to hold them in restriction.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Capital Force Intelligence Legislation Restriction Wild
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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Born Element Food Wealth Yourself

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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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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