I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI never placed my head upon the pillow at night without reminding myself that my success might only be temporary.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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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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My mother was given to a typical question: “We have always done this. Why should we do anything else?” But my wife’s typical question was “We have always done this. Why don’t we do it another way or, better still, why not do something else?”
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I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates.
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Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
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Money is a way of keeping COUNT on how well you’re doing in business.
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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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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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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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Oh, how blessed young men are who have to struggle for a foundation and beginning in life.
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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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I shall use such influence as I have in emphasizing the basic truths common to all denominations, in lowering denominational barriers and in promoting effective cooperation among Christians of whatever creed.
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Long ago I lost the joy in living. The only joy I have is in my giving.
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Capital and labor are both wild forces which require intelligent legislation to hold them in restriction.
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I don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
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