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Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in.
John D. Rockefeller
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John D. Rockefeller
Age: 97 †
Born: 1839
Born: July 8
Died: 1937
Died: May 23
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John Davison Rockefeller
John Davison Rockefeller
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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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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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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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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 believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.
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The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit... a reputation, character.
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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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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn't have been elected to anything.
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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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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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You know that great prejudice exists against all successful business enterprise - the more successful, the greater the prejudice.
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The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
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Don't blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
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If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
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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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The major fortunes in America have been made in land.
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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save. I have always regarded it a as a religious duty to get all I could honorably and to give all I could.
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It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
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Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
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