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.
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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Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
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Money is a way of keeping COUNT on how well you’re doing in business.
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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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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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Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.
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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
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Well i know that my company is not corrupt or unfair because i got all this with all my hard work. I see no reason why you say my company was corrupt may you explain to me miss [Ida] Tarbell.
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The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
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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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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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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 can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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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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Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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