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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.

John D. Rockefeller

Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Generosity Investing Way
If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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Election Identity Myself Name
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.
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Business Generosity Himself Men Money Thinking
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
The common denominator for success is work.
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Inspirational Mathematics Motivational One Liner Success
Own nothing, control everything.
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Control One Liner
I have made many millions but they have brought me no happiness.
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Happiness Money Myself Wealth
Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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Charity Generosity Priviledge Thinking
There is no feeling in this world to be compared with self-reliance–do not sacrifice that to anything else.
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Better Feeling Lose Sacrifice World
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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Believe Big Dream Government Man Master Myself People Person Politics Powerful Service Talk
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
Do not many of us who fail to achieve big things fail because we lack concentration-the art of concentrating the mind on the thing to be done at the proper time and to the exclusion of everything else?
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Achievement Art Failure Focus Mindset Time
I raised my prices since there wasn’t any competition it was just the smart thing to do. Why would I keep my prices up if their wasn’t anyone to beat?
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Competition Myself Price Smart
Never was I power thirsty, or trying to control everyone. I believed in educating everyone, so they could all get to the position I was at.
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Believe Control Education Myself Position Power Try
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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Business Failure Men Myself Successful
I 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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Charity Corruption Decision Greedy Money Myself Smart Talk

I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.

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