Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI 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.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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Who is the poorest man in the world? I tell you, the poorest man I know of is the man who has nothing but money.
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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’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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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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When 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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Homeopathy is a progressive and aggressive step in medicine.
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The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
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I never said that I wanted to be the only company, is it my fault that I ran my company well? Wouldn’t you want the best for your company? Also consider that I started of small.
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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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Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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I cheat my boys every chance I get. I trade with the boys and skin ’em and I just beat ’em every time I can. I want to make ’em sharp.
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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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The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?
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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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Save when you can and not when you have to.
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