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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI believe it is a religious duty to get all the money you can, fairly and honestly; to keep all you can, and to give away all you can.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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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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Taxation has its limitations as a method of achieving better economic distribution since for this purpose it is essentially remedial. We must also take a positive approach by finding new ways to spread ownership of future capital growth more broadly in our society.
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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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I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
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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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Get rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.
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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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Never lose interest in life and the world. Never allow yourself to become annoyed.
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Own nothing, control everything.
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Often-times the most difficult competition comes, not from the strong, the intelligent, the conservative competitor, but from the man who is holding on by the eyelids and is ignorant of his costs, and anyway he’s got to keep running or bust!
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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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Save when you can and not when you have to.
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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save. I have always regarded it a as a religious duty to get all I could honorably and to give all I could.
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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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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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