John D. Rockefeller Quotes - Page 4

The best business in the world is a well run oil company. The second best business in the world is a badly run oil company.

The best philanthropy is constantly in search of the finalities-a search for a cause, an attempt to cure evils at their source.

If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.

The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?

We can never learn too much of His will towards us, too much of His messages and His advice. The Bible is His word and its study gives at once the foundation for our faith and an inspiration to battle onward in the fight against the tempter.

What constitutes a good manager in this field? He must be knowledgeable in the art with which he is concerned, an impresario, labor negotiator, diplomat, educator, publicity and public relations expert, politician, skilled businessman, a social sophisticate, a servant of the community, a tireless leader - becomingly humble before authority - a teacher, a tyrant, and a continuing student of the arts.

The day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return.

The impression was gaining ground with me that it was a good thing to let the money be my slave and not make myself a slave to money.

Many of the deficiencies of our economic system could be alleviated if ways were found to broaden the ownership of the means of production... This has happened in some companies through ESOPs. Successful approaches of this sort would pay dividends in terms of employee commitment and morale. And they would not deprive anyone of his present holdings since they are based on future growth.

I believe the power to make money is a gift of God.

Never 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.

Money is a way of keeping COUNT on how well you're doing in business.

Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in.

When Prohibition was introduced, I hoped that it would be widely supported by public opinion and the day would soon come when the evil effects of alcohol would be recognised. I have slowly and reluctantly come to believe that this has not been the result. Instead, drinking has generally increased; the speakeasy has replaced the saloon; a vast army of lawbreakers has appeared; many of our best citizens have openly ignored Prohibition; respect for the law has been greatly lessened; and crime has increased to a level never seen before.

The major fortunes in America have been made in land.

My mother was given to a typical question: "We have always done this. Why should we do anything else?" But my wife's typical question was "We have always done this. Why don't we do it another way or, better still, why not do something else?"

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

I had to work my way up to be where I am now. All these companies could have done the same.

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.

I 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.

The task is simple. We will organize children and teach them in a perfect way the things their fathers and mothers are doing in an imperfect way.

Capital and labor are both wild forces which require intelligent legislation to hold them in restriction.

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.

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.

Don't blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.