I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERWhen 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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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
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Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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When work goes out of style we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.
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I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.
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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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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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Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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Get rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.
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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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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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God gave me my money.
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I have made many millions but they have brought me no happiness.
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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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