John D. Rockefeller Quotes

I came from a family of extremely old money, and so by the time I was born, there was really just a trickle of money left.

Most people who are rich chose their parents wisely.

Rich men's sons are seldom rich men's fathers.

Those who have the most wealth and the most property, their children have the first, the best, and the most.

My father came from old money. There was less of an expectation for the children to earn a living.

I got a lot of money, but when you wealthy, that mean that your children is ballin', your grandchildren is ballin'.

Some people's money is merited and other people's is inherited.

My family and I have been blessed with good fortune in the world of business. We've created quite a net worth. My children, two boys, have more money than they will ever need, and they aren't empire builders.

Some people want to amass a great amount of wealth and make a great looking obituary. I'm going to die with more money than is good to leave my son.

Class is real. It can't be faked.

I wasn't born into land or titles, or new money, or an oil rig.

You can't tell a millionaire's son from a billionaire's.

Let some people get rich first.

I would say I came from upper middle class family.

When vastly wealthy people say, 'I'm not leaving my kids any money,' it's typically not true.

Perhaps they do not recognize themselves, for a rich man is even harder to define than a poor one.

I don't like inherited wealth.

I'm the son of a former billionaire, but I'm just a working man.

For lots of people who became rich, they believe they earned their fortune through hard work. They don't think about society and only want to leave their fortune to their children.

The poor should not have to learn how to be frugal and the rich should not have to learn to be extravagant.

God help the rich, the poor can look after themselves

The competition of the poor takes away from the reward of the rich.

I don't think that the rich should be attacked. There's nothing wrong in being rich.

I'm fortunate enough that my dad was well-off, my family was well-off, so we're able to go to private schools and stuff like that.