John D. Rockefeller's Timeline: Life, Photos, and Key Events
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1839
1856
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1870
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1890
1901
in 1901
. As quoted in How They Succeeded (1901) by Orison Swett Marden
" The impression was gaining ground with me that it was a good thing to let the money be my slave and not make myself a slave to money."
1905
on 4/1/1905
. Attributed as a statement to his Bible class (1 April 1905) in "The Loneliness of John D. Rockefeller", Current Literature (November 1906) vol. 41 no. 5,
" It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy."
1906
in 1906
"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 moneys sake."
1911
1915
in 1915
. Women's Home Companion (1915), quoted in God's Gold (1932) by John T. Flynn
" God gave me my money."
1917
1918
in 1918
. The Men Who Are Making America (1918) by Bertie Charles Forbes
" The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit — a reputation, character."
1925
on 7/8/1925
. Verses written on his eighty-sixth birthday
" I was early taught to work as well as play,
My life has been one long, happy holiday;
Full of work and full of play —
I dropped the worry on the way —
And God was good to me every day."
1928
on 5/21/1928
. TIME Magazine
" 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."