It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERIt is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERYou know that great prejudice exists against all successful business enterprise – the more successful, the greater the prejudice.
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 was born into it and there was nothing I could do about it. It was there, like air or food, or any other element. The only question with wealth is what you do with it.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThe secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThe day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return.
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. ROCKEFELLEROur cup will truly run over only after we have sealed the character cracks.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERTaxation has its limitations as a method of achieving better economic distribution since for this purpose it is essentially remedial. We must also take a positive approach by finding new ways to spread ownership of future capital growth more broadly in our society.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERGood leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI think it is a man’s duty to make all the money he can, keep all that he can and give away all that he can.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI have made many millions but they have brought me no happiness.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERGet rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThe person with big talk and big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts. I believe that the law was made for man and not man for the law; that government is the servant of the people and not their master.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERThink of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER