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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI 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.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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I don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
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When a man has accumulated a sum of money, accumulated it within the law, the Government has no right to share in its earnings.
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You know that great prejudice exists against all successful business enterprise – the more successful, the greater the prejudice.
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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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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 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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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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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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A man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily.
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I have nothing else to say other than I wasn’t corrupt, unfair, or greedy. I was smart when it came to making decisions for my company, and I wasn’t greedy. I gave to others in charity and donated money to fund programs. I have nothing else to say.
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Let the good work go on. We must ever remember we are refining oil for the poor man and he must have it cheap and good.
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Character – not wealth, power, or position – is the supreme word.
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I had to work my way up to be where I am now. All these companies could have done the same.
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The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
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How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.
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