To think! All that power and he wasn’t even rich!
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.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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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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I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
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Often-times the most difficult competition comes, not from the strong, the intelligent, the conservative competitor, but from the man who is holding on by the eyelids and is ignorant of his costs, and anyway he’s got to keep running or bust!
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The major fortunes in America have been made in land.
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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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Capital and labor are both wild forces which require intelligent legislation to hold them in restriction.
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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
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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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You know that great prejudice exists against all successful business enterprise – the more successful, the greater the prejudice.
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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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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
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Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.
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The common denominator for success is work.
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