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Never lose interest in life and the world. Never allow yourself to become annoyed.

John D. Rockefeller

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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Beginning Charity Giving Myself Religious
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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Inspirational Leadership Nature Perseverance Quality Success Thinking
Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Charity Generosity Priviledge Thinking
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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Desire Determination Feeling Himself Men Money Relationship Rich Wealth
And we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Better Book Lessons Old Ourselves Religious Scripture Study Thinking Time
We are coming to see that there should be no stifling of labor by capital, or of capital by labor; and also that there should be no stifling of labor by labor, or of capital by capital.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Business Capital See Work
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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Deep Man Money Myself Poor World
It is very important to remember what other people tell you, not so much what you yourself already know.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Important People Remember Yourself
I think it is a man’s duty to make all the money he can, keep all that he can and give away all that he can.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Business Generosity Himself Men Money Thinking
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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Business Failure Men Myself Successful
Our cup will truly run over only after we have sealed the character cracks.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Character Ourselves Run True
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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Children Father Learning Mother Perfection Simplicity Task Teaching
Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Lesson Life Motivational Purpose
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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Boy Chance Cheating Myself Skin Trade
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?”
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Choice Creativity Deep Freedom Mother Myself Wife
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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Believe Dignity Inspirational Live Man Myself Opportunity Work

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