The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER
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John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller I believe the power to make money is a gift of God.
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John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller That is not true I am not a greedy man because if I was why would i donate money to charity? I care about others as well.
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller When work goes out of style we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller I have ways of making money that you know nothing of.
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John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money’s sake.
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller To think! All that power and he wasn’t even rich!
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller The major fortunes in America have been made in land.
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller When a man has accumulated a sum of money, accumulated it within the law, the Government has no right to share in its earnings.
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
John D. RockefellerJohn D. Rockefeller 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.
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