Oh, how blessed young men are who have to struggle for a foundation and beginning in life.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERNever 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.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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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.
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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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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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Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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I have ways of making money that you know nothing of.
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The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit, a reputation, character.
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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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When a man has accumulated a sum of money, accumulated it within the law, the Government has no right to share in its earnings.
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I 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.
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Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
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The impression was gaining ground with me that it was a good thing to let the money be my slave and not make myself a slave to money.
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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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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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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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Capital and labor are both wild forces which require intelligent legislation to hold them in restriction.
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