Top 33 Quotes by John D. Rockefeller

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.

I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty.

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

Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.

The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.

I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.

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

There is nothing in this world that can compare with the Christian fellowship; nothing that can satisfy but Christ.

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

I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.