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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.

John D. Rockefeller

Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.

John D. Rockefeller

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.

John D. Rockefeller

I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.

John D. Rockefeller

The day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return.

John D. Rockefeller

The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.

John D. Rockefeller

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.

John D. Rockefeller

I don't want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers

John D. Rockefeller

I believe the power to make money is a gift of God … to be developed and used to the best of our ability for the good of mankind. Having been endowed with the gift I possess, I believe it is my duty to make money and still more money and to use the money I make for the good of my fellow man according to the dictates of my conscience.

John D. Rockefeller

John D. Rockefeller

John D. Rockefeller

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Born: July 8, 1839

Died: May 23, 1937 (aged 97)

Bio: John Davison Rockefeller Sr. was an American oil industry business magnate and philanthropist, who is considered to be the wealthiest American of all time by virtually every source, and largely the richest person in modern history.

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