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. ROCKEFELLERCharacter – not wealth, power, or position – is the supreme word.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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I believe the power to make money is a gift from God to be developed and used to the best of our ability for the good of mankind.
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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.
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Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim.
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Believing that fundamental conditions of the country are sound, my son and I have for some days been purchasing sound common stocks
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I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.
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Character – not wealth, power, or position – is the supreme word.
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A man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily.
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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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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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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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The major fortunes in America have been made in land.
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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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