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To think! All that power and he wasn't even rich!
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
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John Davison Rockefeller Sr.
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I believe the power to make money is a gift of God.
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The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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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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I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
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Don't blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
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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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When work goes out of style we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.
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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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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in.
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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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It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
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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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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 always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
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Get rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.
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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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You know that great prejudice exists against all successful business enterprise - the more successful, the greater the prejudice.
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Oh, how blessed young men are who have to struggle for a foundation and beginning in life.
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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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