I 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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLEREvery right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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The best business in the world is a well run oil company. The second best business in the world is a badly run oil company.
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Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.
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Capital and labor are both wild forces which require intelligent legislation to hold them in restriction.
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The man will be most successful who confers the greatest service on the world.
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I wanted the best for my company, I had to do what I did to succeed. Everyone was lowering their prices to beat there competition so I did the same I eventually beat my competition.
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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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Never lose interest in life and the world. Never allow yourself to become annoyed.
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Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed.
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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 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.
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Competition is a sin.
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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
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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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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
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