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The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit... a reputation, character.
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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To think! All that power and he wasn't even rich!
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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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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
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Long ago I lost the joy in living. The only joy I have is in my giving.
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Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
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The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
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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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Save when you can and not when you have to.
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God gave me my money.
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The day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return.
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I don't want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
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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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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
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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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I have nothing else to say other than I wasn't corrupt, unfair, or greedy. I was smart when it came to making decisions for my company, and I wasn't greedy. I gave to others in charity and donated money to fund programs. I have nothing else to say.
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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 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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Probably the greatest single obstacle to the progress and happiness of the American people lies in the willingness of so many men to invest their time and money in multiplying competitive industries instead of opening up new fields, and putting their money into lines of industry and development that are needed.
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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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