I have made many millions but they have brought me no happiness.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERSave when you can and not when you have to.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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When work goes out of style we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.
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Well i know that my company is not corrupt or unfair because i got all this with all my hard work. I see no reason why you say my company was corrupt may you explain to me miss [Ida] Tarbell.
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I don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
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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 you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
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I never placed my head upon the pillow at night without reminding myself that my success might only be temporary.
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Competition is a sin.
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I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
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The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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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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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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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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Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in.
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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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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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Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
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Money is a way of keeping COUNT on how well you’re doing in business.
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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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A man’s wealth must be determined by the relation of his desires and expenditures to his income. If he feels rich on ten dollars, and has everything else he desires, he really is rich.
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The best philanthropy is constantly in search of the finalities-a search for a cause, an attempt to cure evils at their source.
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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 can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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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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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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Our cup will truly run over only after we have sealed the character cracks.
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