Quotes from 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.

The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.

How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.

I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.

Who is the poorest man in the world? I tell you, 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.

God gave me my money.

I have ways of making money that you know nothing of.

If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.

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

I think it is a man's duty to make all the money he can, keep all that he can and give away all that he can.

The impression was gaining ground with me that it was a good thing to let the money be my slave and not make myself a slave to money.

Money is a way of keeping COUNT on how well you're doing in business.

That is not true I am not a greedy man because if I was why would i donate money to charity?I care about others as well.

The task is simple. We will organize children and teach them in a perfect way the things their fathers and mothers are doing in an imperfect way.

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts.

Character - not wealth, power, or position - is the supreme word.

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

I believe the power to make money is a gift of God.

I have made many millions but they have brought me no happiness.

Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.

Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.

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.