John D. Rockefeller
Oil magnate
Sayings by John D. Rockefeller
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in.
God gave me my money.
I don't want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers.
Competition is a sin.
How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.
Homeopathy is a progressive and aggressive step in medicine.
I have made many millions but they have brought me no happiness.
I have ways of making money that you know nothing of.
Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
The poorest man I know of is the man who has nothing but money.
I believe it is a religious duty to get all the money you can, fairly and honestly; to keep all you can, and to give away all you can.
After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
There is nothing in this world that can compare with the Christian fellowship; Nothing that can satisfy but Christ.
I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
Never lose interest in life and the world. Never allow yourself to become annoyed.
I never would have been able to tithe the first million dollars I ever made if I had not tithed my first salary, which was $1.50 per week.
The best business in the world is a well run oil company.
I would rather earn 1% off of 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.