Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERBe sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERIt is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERNever lose interest in life and the world. Never allow yourself to become annoyed.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERDon’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI’m glad I wrote the book to show what I found out about the [ Standard Oil Company]. I’m glad many people read my book and found out the truth.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThe only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI 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 everyday.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThe man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won’t succeed, you must have a larger ambition.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThat is not true I am not a greedy man because if I was why would i donate money to charity? I care about others as well.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERWhen work goes out of style we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERIf you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI 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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERDo not many of us who fail to achieve big things fail because we lack concentration-the art of concentrating the mind on the thing to be done at the proper time and to the exclusion of everything else?
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLEROwn nothing, control everything.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThere is nothing in this world that can compare with the Christian fellowship; nothing that can satisfy but Christ.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThere is no feeling in this world to be compared with self-reliance–do not sacrifice that to anything else.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER