I don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI 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. ROCKEFELLEROften-times the most difficult competition comes, not from the strong, the intelligent, the conservative competitor, but from the man who is holding on by the eyelids and is ignorant of his costs, and anyway he’s got to keep running or bust!
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI have nothing else to say other than I wasn’t corrupt, unfair, or greedy. I was smart when it came to making decisions for my company, and I wasn’t greedy. I gave to others in charity and donated money to fund programs. I have nothing else to say.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI had to work my way up to be where I am now. All these companies could have done the same.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERDon’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERWhen work goes out of style we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERBe sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI wanted the best for my company, I had to do what I did to succeed. Everyone was lowering their prices to beat there competition so I did the same I eventually beat my competition.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI never said that I wanted to be the only company, is it my fault that I ran my company well? Wouldn’t you want the best for your company? Also consider that I started of small.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThe only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERDon’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERIf my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERDo you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThe day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER