Capital and labor are both wild forces which require intelligent legislation to hold them in restriction.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThere is nothing in this world that can compare with the Christian fellowship; nothing that can satisfy but Christ.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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The major fortunes in America have been made in land.
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I don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
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Competition is a sin.
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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.
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I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
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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.
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The day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return.
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The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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Giving is the secret to a healthy life. Not necessarily money, but whatever a person has to give of encouragement, sympathy, and understanding.
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The best business in the world is a well run oil company. The second best business in the world is a badly run oil company.
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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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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 believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.
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