John D. Rockefeller on men
John D. Rockefeller112 quotes“After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.”
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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller 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. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller 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.
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller Do not many of us who fail to achieve big things fail because we lack concentration-the art of concentrating the mind on the thing to be done at the proper time and to the exclusion of everything else?
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller I had to work my way up to be where I am now. All these companies could have done the same.
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller It is very important to remember what other people tell you, not so much what you yourself already know.
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller I don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller 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.
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller Believing that fundamental conditions of the country are sound, my son and I have for some days been purchasing sound common stocks
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller Get rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller The best philanthropy is constantly in search of the finalities-a search for a cause, an attempt to cure evils at their source.
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller 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.
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.
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MoomerMoomer Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
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Ani ShahverdyanAni Shahverdyan Your smile and your laughter lit my whole world.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki Often all we can do is breathe, even that can be hard sometimes.
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B. F. SkinnerB. F. Skinner Most men today cannot conceive of a freedom that does not involve somebody’s slavery.
W. E. B. Du BoisW. E. B. Du Bois A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.
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