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God gave me my money.
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 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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The day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return.
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I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.
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It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
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I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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The task is simple. We will organize children and teach them in a perfect way the things their fathers and mothers are doing in an imperfect way.
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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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Save when you can and not when you have to.
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Often-times the most difficult competition comes, not from the strong, the intelligent, the conservative competitor, but from the man who is holding on by the eyelids and is ignorant of his costs, and anyway he's got to keep running or bust!
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I was early taught to work as well as play. My life has been one long, happy holiday Full of work and full of play- I dropped the worry on the way- And God was good to me everyday.
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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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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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The best business in the world is a well run oil company. The second best business in the world is a badly run oil company.
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I believe the power to make money is a gift of God.
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The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit... a reputation, character.
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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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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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Don't blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
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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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