26 Surprising John D. Rockefeller Quotes About Love You’ve Never Heard

I believe that love is the greatest thing in the world; that it alone can overcome hate; that right can and will triumph over might.

I believe in an all-wise and all-loving God, named by whatever name, and that the individual’s highest fulfillment, greatest happiness and widest usefulness are to be found in living in harmony with His will.

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

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

After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.

I believe that the rendering of useful service is the common duty of mankind and that only in the purifying fire of sacrifice is the dross of selfishness consumed and the greatness of the human soul set free.

I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

I believe that it is my duty to make money and use it for the benefit of my neighbors. This is what my conscience tells me.

Think of giving not as a duty but as a privilege.

A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.

I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.

The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee. And I will pay more for that ability.

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

The road to happiness lies in two simple principles; find what it is that interests you and that you can do well, and when you find it put your whole soul into it; every bit of energy and ambition and natural ability you have.

The poorest man I know is the man who has nothing but money.

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

I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.

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.

Her judgment was always better than mine. Without her keen advice, I would be a poor man.

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 or position—is of supreme worth.

The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit… a reputation, character.

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

A man’s wealth must be determined by the relation of his desires and expenditures to his income. If he feels rich on ten dollars, and has everything else he desires, he really is rich.

It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.

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 only thing which is of lasting benefit to a man is that which he does for himself. Money which comes to him without effort on his part is seldom a benefit and often a curse.