I was early taught to work as well as play. My life has been one long, happy holiday; Full of work and full of play- I dropped the worry on the way- And God was good to me everyday.
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.
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To think! All that power and he wasn’t even rich!
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Our cup will truly run over only after we have sealed the character cracks.
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Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.
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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
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Never lose interest in life and the world. Never allow yourself to become annoyed.
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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
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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.
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Oh, how blessed young men are who have to struggle for a foundation and beginning in life.
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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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I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.
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I don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
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The man will be most successful who confers the greatest service on the world.
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Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
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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.
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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.
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I wanted the best for my company, I had to do what I did to succeed. Everyone was lowering their prices to beat there competition so I did the same I eventually beat my competition.
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The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
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Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.
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Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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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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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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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life.
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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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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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