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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLEROh, how blessed young men are who have to struggle for a foundation and beginning in life.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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I have ways of making money that you know nothing of.
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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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If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
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And we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better.
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The impression was gaining ground with me that it was a good thing to let the money be my slave and not make myself a slave to money.
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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 most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit, a reputation, character.
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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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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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Competition is a sin.
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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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Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in.
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Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
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A man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily.
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