John D. Rockefeller Quotes

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• I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.
• When Prohibition was introduced, I hoped that it would be widely supported by public opinion and the day would soon come when the evil effects…
• The man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won't succeed, you must have a larger ambition.
• The person who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won't succeed; you must have a larger ambition. There is no mystery in…
• God gave me my money. I believe the power to make money is a gift from God . to be developed and used to the…
• Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life.
• My mother was given to a typical question: "We have always done this. Why should we do anything else?" But my wife's typical question was…
• The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
• 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…
• I believe the power to make money is a gift of God.
• I don't want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
• I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
• 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…
• Save when you can and not when you have to.
• Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed
• 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…
• Do not many of us who fail to achieve big things. . .fail because we lack concentration--the art of concentrating the mind on the thing…
• When a man has accumulated a sum of money, accumulated it within the law, the Government has no right to share in its earnings.
• 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…
• Let the good work go on. We must ever remember we are refining oil for the poor man and he must have it cheap and…

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