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John D. Rockefeller

John D. Rockefeller

American industrialist: founder Exxon

Lived from: 1839 - 1937

Category: Business and entrepreneurs Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 8 july 1839 Died: 23 may 1937

  • If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
  • 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.
  • Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim.
  • I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
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  • Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
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  • Competition is a sin.
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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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  • Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
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  • Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.
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  • Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
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  • I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
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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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  • I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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  • I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity an obligation; every possession, a duty.
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  • I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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  • I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
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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.
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  • I have ways of making money that you know nothing of.
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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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  • I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
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  • If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
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  • If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
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  • It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
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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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What are the most famous quotes from John D. Rockefeller?

The two most famous quotes from John D. Rockefeller are:

  • "Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
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  • "Competition is a sin.
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When did John D. Rockefeller live?

John D. Rockefeller was born in 1839 and died in the year 1937.