Character – not wealth, power, or position – is the supreme word.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERCompetition is a sin.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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I believe it is a religious duty to get all the money you can, fairly and honestly; to keep all you can, and to give away all you can.
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Giving is the secret to a healthy life. Not necessarily money, but whatever a person has to give of encouragement, sympathy, and understanding.
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A friendship built on business can be glorious, while a business built on friendship can be murder.
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I was early taught to work as well as play. My life has been one long, happy holiday; Full of work and full of play- I dropped the worry on the way- And God was good to me everyday.
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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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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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God gave me my money.
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A man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily.
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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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The common denominator for success is work.
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That is not true I am not a greedy man because if I was why would i donate money to charity? I care about others as well.
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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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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’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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When work goes out of style we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.
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Own nothing, control everything.
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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.
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The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.
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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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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.
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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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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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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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Homeopathy is a progressive and aggressive step in medicine.
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