John D. Rockefeller Men Quotations

It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.

I 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.

After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.

God gave me my money. I 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. Having been endowed with the gift I possess, I believe it is my duty to make money and still more money and to use the money I make for the good of my fellow man according to the dictates of my conscience.

Oh, how blessed young men are who have to struggle for a foundation and beginning in life.

I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates.

The poorest man I know is the man who has nothing but money.

Probably the greatest single obstacle to the progress and happiness of the American people lies in the willingness of so many men to invest their time and money in multiplying competitive industries instead of opening up new fields, and putting their money into lines of industry and development that are needed.

I 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.

A man's wealth must be determined by the relation of his desires and expenditures to his income. If he feels rich on ten dollars, and has everything else he desires, he really is rich.

Let 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.

How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.

I 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.

When a man has accumulated a sum of money, accumulated it within the law, the Government has no right to share in its earnings.

A man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily

I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.