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Oh, how blessed young men are who have to struggle for a foundation and beginning in life.
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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Long ago I lost the joy in living. The only joy I have is in my giving.
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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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You know that great prejudice exists against all successful business enterprise - the more successful, the greater the prejudice.
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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 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 major fortunes in America have been made in land.
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When work goes out of style we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.
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The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit... a reputation, character.
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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save. I have always regarded it a as a religious duty to get all I could honorably and to give all I could.
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We are coming to see that there should be no stifling of labor by capital, or of capital by labor and also that there should be no stifling of labor by labor, or of capital by capital.
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If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
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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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I don't want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
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The day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return.
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God gave me my money.
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Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
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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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A friendship built on business can be glorious, while a business built on friendship can be murder.
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The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
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I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
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