John D. Rockefeller Quotes

Anytime I hear that somebody's really rich, the first question is, 'Do you do anything with it? Or do you, like, chill? You just sit on it?'

The use of riches is better than their possession.

Riches get their value from the mind of the possessor; they are blessings to those who know how to use them, and curses to those who do not.

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.

Wealth is not a pizza, where if I have too many slices you have to eat the Domino's box.

Money can make or break you. It just depends on what you make it to be.

Money is not of the devil. It depends on who's controlling it.

If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.

People who have money have an obligation. I wouldn't say I'm entitled to tell them what to do with it but to use it wisely.

Don't accumulate if you do not need. The excess of wealth in your hands is for the society, and you are the trustee for the same.

If a man has money, it is usually a sign, too, that he knows how to take care of it; don't imagine his money is easy to get simply because he has plenty of it.

Make sure to save for the future and keep making money!

I think about how I'm spending my money, and I like to spend on my family.

Being rich is a good thing. Not just in the obvious sense of benefitting you and your family, but in the broader sense. Profits are not a zero sum game. The more you make, the more of a financial impact you can have.

I disagreed with Carnegie's ideas on how to best to distribute his wealth. I spent mine! Spending creates more wealth for everybody.

My job is making money, helping other people make money. I am spending money, trying to make sure more people get rich, because you cannot spend a lot of money, right? So my job is spending money, helping others. This is a headache.

Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread.

The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.

At the beginning, you are 20 and you can just imagine... don't get me wrong, but having money. Then you realise that it's not only about you and what you are doing but that you have to give back.

I worshipped money so much that it ruined my life. Money is not my god. I just want to manage His money for Him, for the poor people, the lost kids. I just love everybody.

You can get your money and you put it in the bank, or you can put it in the youth. You can put it in our future.

Money is power, and you ought to be reasonably ambitious to have it. You ought because you can do more good with it than you could do without it. Money printed your Bible, money builds your churches, money sends your missionaries, and money pays your preachers, and you would not have many of them, either, if you did not pay them.

I think the discussion of, you know, can we put a cap on wealth creation and distribution - it's something that should be at the heart of every Christian that is a capitalist. Is, what is the purpose I'm doing with this wealth?

I've been very sensible with the money I made, and I did make good money.

Spending money is much more difficult than making money.