When a man has accumulated a sum of money, accumulated it within the law, the Government has no right to share in its earnings.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI 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.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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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 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.
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I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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The man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won’t succeed, you must have a larger ambition.
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The impression was gaining ground with me that it was a good thing to let the money be my slave and not make myself a slave to money.
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Capital and labor are both wild forces which require intelligent legislation to hold them in restriction.
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The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit, a reputation, character.
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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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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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The common denominator for success is work.
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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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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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Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
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Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.
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