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. ROCKEFELLERI 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.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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The task is simple. We will organize children and teach them in a perfect way the things their fathers and mothers are doing in an imperfect way.
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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
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The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?
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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.
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Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed.
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Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
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The man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won’t succeed, you must have a larger ambition.
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It has always been my rule in business to make everything count.
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I’m glad I wrote the book to show what I found out about the [ Standard Oil Company]. I’m glad many people read my book and found out the truth.
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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 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.
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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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A friendship built on business can be glorious, while a business built on friendship can be murder.
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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save. I have always regarded it a as a religious duty to get all I could honorably and to give all I could.
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