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Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
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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I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates.
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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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I never said that I wanted to be the only company, is it my fault that I ran my company well? Wouldn't you want the best for your company? Also consider that I started of small.
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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 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 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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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
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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 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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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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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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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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If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
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