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.
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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We can never learn too much of His will towards us, too much of His messages and His advice. The Bible is His word and its study gives at once the foundation for our faith and an inspiration to battle onward in the fight against the tempter.
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When work goes out of style we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.
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The major fortunes in America have been made in land.
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The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?
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There is nothing in this world that can compare with the Christian fellowship; nothing that can satisfy but Christ.
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The person with big talk and big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts. I believe that the law was made for man and not man for the law; that government is the servant of the people and not their master.
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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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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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I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
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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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I believe the power to make money is a gift of God.
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I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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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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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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