When work goes out of style we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI was born into it and there was nothing I could do about it. It was there, like air or food, or any other element. The only question with wealth is what you do with it.
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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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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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I believe the power to make money is a gift of God.
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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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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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Money is a way of keeping COUNT on how well you’re doing in business.
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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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Long ago I lost the joy in living. The only joy I have is in my giving.
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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 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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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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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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I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.
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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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Character – not wealth, power, or position – is the supreme word.
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