Famous Entrepreneurs - John D Rockefeller

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Famous American industrialist and entrepreneur who revolutionized the oil industry with the Standard Oil company. He was the world's first billionaire and a noted philanthropist.

 

John D Rockefeller Quotes:

"Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient become independent."
- On Charity

"I don't want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers."
- On Hard Work

"I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything. "
- On Workers

"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 grow up around it. This is not an evil tendency in business. It is merely the working-out of a law of nature and a law of God."
- On Success

"The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets."
- On Making Money

"I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity. "
- On Opportunity

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