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To think! All that power and he wasn’t even rich!

John D. Rockefeller

It is very important to remember what other people tell you, not so much what you yourself already know.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Important People Remember Yourself
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. ROCKEFELLER

Business Capital See Work
Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Charity Generosity Priviledge Thinking
I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money’s sake.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Business Devotion Men Money Myself Wake Up
Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Betrayal Reality Time Yourself
After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Himself Important Men Possession Religion
I should say in general the advantage of education is to better fit a man for life’s work. I would advise young men to take a college course, as a rule, but think some are just as well off with a thorough business training.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Advice Business College Education Men Myself Rule Thinking Training Young
I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Believe Live Myself
I think it is a man’s duty to make all the money he can, keep all that he can and give away all that he can.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Business Generosity Himself Men Money Thinking
My mother was given to a typical question: “We have always done this. Why should we do anything else?” But my wife’s typical question was “We have always done this. Why don’t we do it another way or, better still, why not do something else?”
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Choice Creativity Deep Freedom Mother Myself Wife
Never was I power thirsty, or trying to control everyone. I believed in educating everyone, so they could all get to the position I was at.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Believe Control Education Myself Position Power Try
I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Devotion Happiness Life Myself Thinking
I raised my prices since there wasn’t any competition it was just the smart thing to do. Why would I keep my prices up if their wasn’t anyone to beat?
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Competition Myself Price Smart
I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Believe Happiness Himself Life Pursuit Right
The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Ability Business Coffee Deal Inspirational Myself Pay Sun
Capital and labor are both wild forces which require intelligent legislation to hold them in restriction.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Capital Force Intelligence Legislation Restriction Wild

To think! All that power and he wasn’t even rich!

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