John D. Rockefeller, Jr.: Duty

John D. Rockefeller, Jr. was American financier and philanthropist. Explore interesting quotes on duty.
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“I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty.”

John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

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“My mother and father raised but one question: Is it right, is it duty?”

John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

As quoted in The Rich man and the Kingdom : John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and the Protestant establishment (1995) by Albert F. Schenkel, p. 13

Question

“I believe that the rendering of useful service is the common duty of mankind and that only in the purifying fire of sacrifice is the dross of selfishness consumed and the greatness of the human soul set free.”

John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

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Soul , Selfishness