“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
““We must ever remember we are refining oil for the poor man and he must have it cheap and good.”” mindset
“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.” executionmindset
“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.” money
“The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit — a reputation, character.” mindset
“I was early taught to work as well as play,My life has been one long, happy holiday;Full of work and full of play —I dropped the worry on the way —And God was good to me every day.” mindset
“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.” moneymindset
“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.” leadership
“If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.” innovation
“Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.” executionleadership
“Good management consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.” executionleadership
“Competition was natural enough at one time, but do you think you are competing today? Many of you think you are. Against whom? Against Rockefeller? About as I would if I had a wheelbarrow and competed with the Santa Fe from here to Kansas City.” executioncompetitionmindset
“If you could get along without King George, you can get along without King John Rockefeller. Political liberty without economic freedom is a myth. Political liberty is rooted in economic freedom. The man who controls and owns the means that sustain my life, owns and controls me.” execution
“I despise the rule of Rockefeller and Morgan as much as that of King or Kaiser, and am as outraged by Ludlow and Calumet as by Belgium.” mindset
“Of course John D. Rockefeller does not realize the fact, but it is true nevertheless that the Hookworm Commission he is supporting in the South is doing more for the revolutionary awakening in Dixie than anything else.” execution