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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.
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
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I was born into it and there was nothing I could do about it. It was there, like air or food, or any other element. The only question with wealth is what you do with it.
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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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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 don't want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
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Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
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If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
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To think! All that power and he wasn't even rich!
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God gave me my money.
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