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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
Accountant
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Richford
New York
John Davison Rockefeller
John Davison Rockefeller
Sr.
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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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I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
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The American Beauty Rose can be produced in the splendor and fragrance which bring cheer to its beholder only by sacrificing the early buds which grow up around it. This is not an evil tendency in business. It is merely the working-out of a law of nature and a law of God.
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Taxation has its limitations as a method of achieving better economic distribution since for this purpose it is essentially remedial. We must also take a positive approach by finding new ways to spread ownership of future capital growth more broadly in our society.
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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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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
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God gave me my money.
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Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
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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 would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
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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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I never would have been able to tithe the first million dollars I ever made if I had not tithed my first salary, which was $1.50 per week.
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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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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 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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The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit... a reputation, character.
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Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
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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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