John D. Rockefeller

I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living, and that economy is a prime requisite of a sound financial structure, whether in government, business or personal affairs.

The American Beauty Rose can be produced in the splendor and fragrance which bring cheer to its beholder only by sacrificing the early buds which grow up around it. This is not an evil tendency in business. It is merely the working out of a law of nature and a law of God.

If your only object is to become rich, you will not succeed.

To think that I was ever poor!

I have learned to live on less than I have.

The greatest enemy of progress is 'good enough.'

I believe in the sacredness of a promise, that a man's word should be as good as his bond; that character, not wealth or power, is the supreme thing.

The biggest problem with money is that it can spoil people.

I knew that God had given me money, and I believe the power to make money is a gift from God. I have been blessed with this gift, and I have tried to use it to the best of my ability.

The older I get, the more I see that the greatest blessing is the ability to do good.

The growth of a large business is merely a survival of the fittest... The American Beauty rose can be produced in the splendor and fragrance which bring cheer to its beholder only by sacrificing the early buds which grow up around it.

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.