I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.
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 can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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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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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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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.
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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
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There is nothing in this world that can compare with the Christian fellowship; nothing that can satisfy but Christ.
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I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money’s sake.
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My mother was given to a typical question: “We have always done this. Why should we do anything else?” But my wife’s typical question was “We have always done this. Why don’t we do it another way or, better still, why not do something else?”
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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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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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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 would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
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Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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Get rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.
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