Own nothing, control everything.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLEROwn nothing, control everything.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERAnd we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThe best business in the world is a well run oil company. The second best business in the world is a badly run oil company.
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. ROCKEFELLERHomeopathy is a progressive and aggressive step in medicine.
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. ROCKEFELLERThe most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit, a reputation, character.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI believe the power to make money is a gift from God to be developed and used to the best of our ability for the good of mankind.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThe ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI should say in general the advantage of education is to better fit a man for life’s work. I would advise young men to take a college course, as a rule, but think some are just as well off with a thorough business training.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThe only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERNever was I power thirsty, or trying to control everyone. I believed in educating everyone, so they could all get to the position I was at.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLEREvery right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERSuccess comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI never would have been able to tithe the first million dollars I ever made if I had not tithed my first salary, which was $1.50 per week.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERLet the good work go on. We must ever remember we are refining oil for the poor man and he must have it cheap and good.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER