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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERBelieving that fundamental conditions of the country are sound, my son and I have for some days been purchasing sound common stocks
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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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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I 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.
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To think! All that power and he wasn’t even rich!
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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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Character – not wealth, power, or position – is the supreme word.
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It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
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The major fortunes in America have been made in land.
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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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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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Competition is a sin.
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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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A man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily.
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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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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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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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