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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
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Richford
New York
John Davison Rockefeller
John Davison Rockefeller
Sr.
john d. rockefeller
John Davison Rockefeller Sr.
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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 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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The man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won't succeed, you must have a larger ambition.
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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.
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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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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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Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in.
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I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
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Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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Get rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.
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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 have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates.
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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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