Quotes by John D. Rockefeller

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.

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

To think! All that power and he wasn't even rich!

I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.

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.

Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people.