I have made many millions but they have brought me no happiness.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI have made many millions but they have brought me no happiness.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThe only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERA friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI never placed my head upon the pillow at night without reminding myself that my success might only be temporary.
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. ROCKEFELLERI would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
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. ROCKEFELLERIf you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERDo you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in.
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. ROCKEFELLERThere is no feeling in this world to be compared with self-reliance–do not sacrifice that to anything else.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERWhen work goes out of style we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThe day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERCapital and labor are both wild forces which require intelligent legislation to hold them in restriction.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLEROur cup will truly run over only after we have sealed the character cracks.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER