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I should say in general the advantage of education is to better fit a man for life's work. I would advise young men to take a college course, as a rule, but think some are just as well off with a thorough business training.
John D. Rockefeller
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John D. Rockefeller
Age: 97 †
Born: 1839
Born: July 8
Died: 1937
Died: May 23
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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 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 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 way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
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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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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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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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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 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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Long ago I lost the joy in living. The only joy I have is in my giving.
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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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The major fortunes in America have been made in land.
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The day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return.
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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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If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn't have been elected to anything.
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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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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money's sake.
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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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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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