I have made many millions but they have brought me no happiness.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERNext to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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Who is the poorest man in the world? I tell you, the poorest man I know of is the man who has nothing but money.
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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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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
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The common denominator for success is work.
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God gave me my money.
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The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?
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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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The major fortunes in America have been made in land.
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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 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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That is not true I am not a greedy man because if I was why would i donate money to charity? I care about others as well.
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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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Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
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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 think it is a man’s duty to make all the money he can, keep all that he can and give away all that he can.
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