Never was I power thirsty, or trying to control everyone. I believed in educating everyone, so they could all get to the position I was at.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERTaxation has its limitations as a method of achieving better economic distribution since for this purpose it is essentially remedial. We must also take a positive approach by finding new ways to spread ownership of future capital growth more broadly in our society.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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I don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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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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I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
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The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit, a reputation, character.
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It has always been my rule in business to make everything count.
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The man will be most successful who confers the greatest service on the world.
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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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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?
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The day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return.
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The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
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Oh, how blessed young men are who have to struggle for a foundation and beginning in life.
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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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I believe it is a religious duty to get all the money you can, fairly and honestly; to keep all you can, and to give away all you can.
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You know that great prejudice exists against all successful business enterprise – the more successful, the greater the prejudice.
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God gave me my money.
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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 never placed my head upon the pillow at night without reminding myself that my success might only be temporary.
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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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The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?
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I have made many millions but they have brought me no happiness.
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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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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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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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