John D. Rockefeller

I never said that I wanted to be the only company, is it my fault that I ran my company well? Wouldn’t you want the best for your company? Also consider that I started of small.

John D. Rockefeller

I shall use such influence as I have in emphasizing the basic truths common to all denominations, in lowering denominational barriers and in promoting effective cooperation among Christians of whatever creed.

John D. Rockefeller

I was born into it and there was nothing I could do about it. It was there, like air or food, or any other element. The only question with wealth is what you do with it.

John D. Rockefeller

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.

John D. Rockefeller

Long ago I lost the joy in living. The only joy I have is in my giving.

John D. Rockefeller

Money is a way of keeping count on how well you’re doing in business.

John D. Rockefeller

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?’

John D. Rockefeller

Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.

John D. Rockefeller

Nobody does anything if he can get anybody else to do it.

John D. Rockefeller

Often-times the most difficult competition comes, not from the strong, the intelligent, the conservative competitor, but from the man who is holding on by the eyelids and is ignorant of his costs, and anyway he’s got to keep running or bust!

John D. Rockefeller