Capital and labor are both wild forces which require intelligent legislation to hold them in restriction.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThe man will be most successful who confers the greatest service on the world.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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To think! All that power and he wasn’t even rich!
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I shall use such influence as I have in emphasizing the basic truths common to all denominations, in lowering denominational barriers and in promoting effective cooperation among Christians of whatever creed.
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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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Character – not wealth, power, or position – is the supreme word.
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The major fortunes in America have been made in land.
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We are coming to see that there should be no stifling of labor by capital, or of capital by labor; and also that there should be no stifling of labor by labor, or of capital by capital.
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I cheat my boys every chance I get. I trade with the boys and skin ’em and I just beat ’em every time I can. I want to make ’em sharp.
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I never said that I wanted to be the only company, is it my fault that I ran my company well? Wouldn’t you want the best for your company? Also consider that I started of small.
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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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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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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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A man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily.
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Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
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The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.
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There is no feeling in this world to be compared with self-reliance–do not sacrifice that to anything else.
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