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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

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
The major fortunes in America have been made in land.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Build Fortune Land Money
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
Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Inspirational Smart Success
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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Believe Control Education Myself Position Power Try
I should say in general the advantage of education is to better fit a man for life’s work. I would advise young men to take a college course, as a rule, but think some are just as well off with a thorough business training.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Advice Business College Education Men Myself Rule Thinking Training Young
The man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won’t succeed, you must have a larger ambition.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Ambition Business Ideas Rich Simplicity Start Success Yourself
Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Blame Department Marketing Responsibility Stop
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. ROCKEFELLER

Business Devotion Men Money Myself Wake Up
Oh, how blessed young men are who have to struggle for a foundation and beginning in life.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Beginning Blessing Foundation Life Man Men Struggle Young
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!
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Competition Cost Difficult Himself Ignorance Intelligent Man Run Strong Time
Never lose interest in life and the world. Never allow yourself to become annoyed.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Annoy Feeling Life Lose World Yourself
Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Generosity Investing Way
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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Achievement Growth Limitation Ourselves Purpose Tax Wisdom
I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Beginning Generosity Myself Save Training Work
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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Company Corruption Hard Work Missing Myself Reason See Yourself

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.

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