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The major fortunes in America have been made in land.
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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Land
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It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
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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 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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I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
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If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
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When a man has accumulated a sum of money, accumulated it within the law, the Government has no right to share in its earnings.
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I think it is a man's duty to make all the money he can, keep all that he can and give away all that he can.
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Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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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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The day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return.
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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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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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I don't want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
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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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The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit... a reputation, character.
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The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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Don't blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
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