I was born into it and there was nothing I could do about it. It was there, like air or food, or any other element. The only question with wealth is what you do with it.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThe task is simple. We will organize children and teach them in a perfect way the things their fathers and mothers are doing in an imperfect way.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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I believe the power to make money is a gift of God.
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Our cup will truly run over only after we have sealed the character cracks.
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I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
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Save when you can and not when you have to.
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It is very important to remember what other people tell you, not so much what you yourself already know.
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And we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better.
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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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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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Money is a way of keeping COUNT on how well you’re doing in business.
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Often-times the most difficult competition comes, not from the strong, the intelligent, the conservative competitor, but from the man who is holding on by the eyelids and is ignorant of his costs, and anyway he’s got to keep running or bust!
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I have nothing else to say other than I wasn’t corrupt, unfair, or greedy. I was smart when it came to making decisions for my company, and I wasn’t greedy. I gave to others in charity and donated money to fund programs. I have nothing else to say.
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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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Get rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.
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Own nothing, control everything.
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The person with big talk and big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts. I believe that the law was made for man and not man for the law; that government is the servant of the people and not their master.
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