Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI believe the power to make money is a gift of God.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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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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I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.
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The major fortunes in America have been made in land.
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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 impression was gaining ground with me that it was a good thing to let the money be my slave and not make myself a slave to money.
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The best philanthropy is constantly in search of the finalities-a search for a cause, an attempt to cure evils at their source.
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And we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better.
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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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Save when you can and not when you have to.
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There is no feeling in this world to be compared with self-reliance–do not sacrifice that to anything else.
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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?
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Oh, how blessed young men are who have to struggle for a foundation and beginning in life.
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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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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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Well i know that my company is not corrupt or unfair because i got all this with all my hard work. I see no reason why you say my company was corrupt may you explain to me miss [Ida] Tarbell.
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