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It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
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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Richford
New York
John Davison Rockefeller
John Davison Rockefeller
Sr.
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John Davison Rockefeller Sr.
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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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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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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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Save when you can and not when you have to.
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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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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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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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If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
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And we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better.
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The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit... a reputation, character.
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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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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
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The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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