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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
John D. Rockefeller
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John D. Rockefeller
Age: 97 †
Born: 1839
Born: July 8
Died: 1937
Died: May 23
Accountant
Banker
Business Person
Entrepreneur
Richford
New York
John Davison Rockefeller
John Davison Rockefeller
Sr.
john d. rockefeller
John Davison Rockefeller Sr.
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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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A friendship built on business can be glorious, while a business built on friendship can be murder.
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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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Never think you need to apologize for asking someone to give to a worthy cause, any more than as though you were giving him or her an opportunity to participate in a high-grade investment. The duty of giving is as much his or hers as is the duty of asking yours.
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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.
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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.
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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
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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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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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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit... a reputation, character.
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When work goes out of style we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.
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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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Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
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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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To think! All that power and he wasn't even rich!
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Get rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.
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The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
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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.
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It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
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