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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThere is no feeling in this world to be compared with self-reliance–do not sacrifice that to anything else.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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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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Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed.
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I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.
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To think! All that power and he wasn’t even rich!
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I have long been profoundly convinced that in the very nature of things, employers and employees are partners, not enemies; that their interests are common not opposed; that in the long run the success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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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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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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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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We can never learn too much of His will towards us, too much of His messages and His advice. The Bible is His word and its study gives at once the foundation for our faith and an inspiration to battle onward in the fight against the tempter.
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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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I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
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Homeopathy is a progressive and aggressive step in medicine.
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Believing that fundamental conditions of the country are sound, my son and I have for some days been purchasing sound common stocks
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Our cup will truly run over only after we have sealed the character cracks.
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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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I have ways of making money that you know nothing of.
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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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I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
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I have made many millions but they have brought me no happiness.
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When work goes out of style we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.
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Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim.
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The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.
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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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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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Oh, how blessed young men are who have to struggle for a foundation and beginning in life.
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