A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERCharity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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Own nothing, control everything.
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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.
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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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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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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 had to work my way up to be where I am now. All these companies could have done the same.
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The man will be most successful who confers the greatest service on the world.
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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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How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.
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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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Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.
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The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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Taxation 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.
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If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
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