Winthrop Rockefeller quote: "Today is a great day, not only of healing and reconciliation, but also coming together. I'm so glad the whole Little Rock Nine was alive and here to see this."

I have enjoyed the personal use of money; but I have gotten the greatest satisfaction from using it ...
WINTHROP ROCKEFELLER

I yearn to see other chief executives throughout the nation follow suit, so that as a people we may ...
WINTHROP ROCKEFELLER

For we must consider that we shall be as a City upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us. Soe...
JOHN WINTHROP

For we must consider that we shall be a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us, so tha...
JOHN WINTHROP

Liberty is the proper end and object of authority, and cannot subsist without it; and it is libert...
JOHN WINTHROP

Love is the bond of perfection.
JOHN WINTHROP

Liberty is the proper end and object of authority, and cannot subsist without it; and it is liberty ...
JOHN WINTHROP

We've always maintained that the whole premise of her candidacy has been silly. Ms. McFarland is not...
CHRISTIAN WINTHROP

We must delight in each other, make others conditions our own, rejoice together, mourn together, lab...
JOHN WINTHROP

That's not a concern that we've heard or that we're particularly concerned about. Mayor Spencer has ...
CHRISTIAN WINTHROP

Outside we have to pick up a few extra cigarette butts than before.
SARA WINTHROP

Anytime a pro-abortion, big-government, elitist liberal is considering a run for the United States S...
CHRISTIAN WINTHROP

Liberty is the proper end and object of authority, and cannot subsist without it; and it is liberty ...
JOHN WINTHROP

We trust their support will be there, just as it has always been.
CHRISTIAN WINTHROP

Our country - whether bounded by the St. John's and the Sabine, or however otherwise bounded or ...
ROBERT CHARLES WINTHROP

Slavery is but half abolished, emancipation is but half completed, while millions of freeman with vo...
ROBERT CHARLES WINTHROP

A star for every State, and a State for every star.
ROBERT CHARLES WINTHROP

There are no points of the compass on the chart of true patriotism.
ROBERT CHARLES WINTHROP

Men, in a word, must necessarily be controlled, either by a power within them, or by a power without...
ROBERT CHARLES WINTHROP

His talk was like a stream which runs With rapid change from rock to roses; It slipped from po...
WINTHROP MACKWORTH PRAED

I think, whatever mortals crave, With impotent endeavor, A wreath--a rank--a throne--a grave--...
WINTHROP MACKWORTH PRAED

Slavery is but half abolished, emancipation is but half completed, while millions of freeman with v...
ROBERT C. WINTHROP

There are no points of the compass on the chart of true patriotism.
ROBERT C. WINTHROP

Our country--whether bounded by the St. John's and the Sabine, or however otherwise bounded or desc...
ROBERT C. WINTHROP

I do not believe wealthy candidates should spend vast resources in their own campaigns.
LAURANCE ROCKEFELLER

I am of the opinion that the appreciation and the desire for what is good takes more study and insig...
LAURANCE ROCKEFELLER

Individually, people are finding that a simpler lifestyle provides greater satisfaction than relentl...
LAURANCE ROCKEFELLER

I profoundly feel that the art of living is the art of giving. You're fulfilled in the moment of...
LAURANCE ROCKEFELLER

There is no doubt that many expensive national projects may add to our prestige or serve science. Bu...
NELSON ROCKEFELLER

The fundamental question for the United States is how it can cooperate to help meet the basic needs ...
NELSON ROCKEFELLER

Maybe this Watergate is like the Old Testament. It was visited upon us and maybe were going to benef...
NELSON ROCKEFELLER

Government has an obligation not to inhibit the collection and dissemination of news. Im convinced t...
NELSON ROCKEFELLER

One cannot expect to coast along and rise automatically to the top, no matter what friends you may h...
DAVID ROCKEFELLER

If necessity is the mother of invention, discontent is the father of progress.
DAVID ROCKEFELLER

It is essential that we enable young people to see themselves as participants in one of the most exc...
NELSON ROCKEFELLER

I suspect that many corporations have begun to understand that they have an important role to play i...
DAVID ROCKEFELLER

I am a passionate traveler, and from the time I was a child, travel formed me as much as my formal e...
DAVID ROCKEFELLER

My own interest in art was because of my mother. My father didn't like contemporary art, so he d...
DAVID ROCKEFELLER

By a museum, I assume you mean an institution dedicated to the events of Sept. 11 and the aftermath....
DAVID ROCKEFELLER

The Christian ethic played an essential part in my upbringing.
DAVID ROCKEFELLER

My grandfather, along with Carnegie, was a pioneer in philanthropy, which my father then practiced o...
DAVID ROCKEFELLER

Money can add very much to one's ability to lead a constructive life, not only pleasant for ones...
DAVID ROCKEFELLER

I learned more from my mother than from all the art historians and curators who have informed me abo...
DAVID ROCKEFELLER

I am convinced that material things can contribute a lot to making one's life pleasant, but, bas...
DAVID ROCKEFELLER

Money can add very much to one's ability to lead a constructive life, not only pleasant for ones...
DAVID ROCKEFELLER

The Japanese have a wonderful sense of design and a refinement in their art. They try to produce bea...
DAVID ROCKEFELLER

It is true that I am often startled and even angered and repulsed by the strange directions and prov...
DAVID ROCKEFELLER

I am never angry, although sometimes distressed.
DAVID ROCKEFELLER

MoMA is doubling its space, and I decided to raise the money for it.
DAVID ROCKEFELLER

Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by ...
DAVID ROCKEFELLER

Philanthropy is involved with basic innovations that transform society, not simply maintaining the s...
DAVID ROCKEFELLER

I am a passionate traveler, and from the time I was a child, travel formed me as much as my formal e...
DAVID ROCKEFELLER

Some even believe we are part of a secret cabal working against the best interests of the United Sta...
DAVID ROCKEFELLER

America is not just a power, it is a promise. It is not enough for our country to be extraordinary i...
NELSON ROCKEFELLER

Pat Roberts and I both feel very strongly that when we get to Iran, that we can't make the same mist...
JAY ROCKEFELLER

I am saddened to learn of Bob's passing. Bob was an outstanding journalist and an acute political ob...
JAY ROCKEFELLER

It's always premature. It was premature that the Titanic went down. But it did indeed disappear.
JAY ROCKEFELLER

When I see something I like, I buy it, but I do not look for it madly.
DAVID ROCKEFELLER

There are three periods in life: youth, middle age and 'how well you look'.
NELSON ROCKEFELLER

The chief problem of low-income farmers is poverty.
NELSON ROCKEFELLER

You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened ab...
NELSON ROCKEFELLER

Pat Roberts and I both feel very strongly that when we get to Iran, that we can't make the same ...
JAY ROCKEFELLER

There are three periods in life: youth, middle age and "how well you look
NELSON ROCKEFELLER

Never forget that the most powerful force on earth is love
NELSON ROCKEFELLER

The chief problem of low-income farmers is poverty
NELSON ROCKEFELLER

Father was the eldest son and the heir apparent, and he set the standard for being a Rockefeller ver...
DAVID ROCKEFELLER

If necessity is the mother of invention, discontent is the father of progress
DAVID ROCKEFELLER

I don't think so, and that's partly the problem of not checking cargo, and it's partly the problem o...
JAY ROCKEFELLER

For more than 40 years, I have advocated the creation of a 'round the clock' community. This...
DAVID ROCKEFELLER

Grassley is a very good chairman, very fair, and he tries his very best to be bipartisan, ... But th...
JAY ROCKEFELLER

a man of character, conviction and kindness ... was a classic American intellectual -- a man with a ...
JAY ROCKEFELLER

I just question whether what you did in Utah sort of says, 'Well, we can do this in all of America,'...
JAY ROCKEFELLER

Allowing the U.N. into Iraq will demonstrate to the Iraqis that the international community as a who...
JAY ROCKEFELLER

We have to bring stability to Iraq, otherwise we will be faced with a future dilemma of sending our ...
JAY ROCKEFELLER

Iran is nothing but trouble, and always has been that.
JAY ROCKEFELLER

Once again, it appears to me that the White House has dictated that the Republican-controlled Congre...
JAY ROCKEFELLER

In other words, he's an entirely unreliable individual upon whom the White House was placing substan...
JAY ROCKEFELLER

knowing what I know now.
JAY ROCKEFELLER

I am deeply concerned that the FAA is losing a number of its most senior safety inspectors and does ...
JAY ROCKEFELLER

We were told by the president that we had no alternative but to go into Iraq because of the threat t...
JAY ROCKEFELLER

I can't explain him or his policies,
JAY ROCKEFELLER

I would call upon my colleagues at the proper time to support this aviation legislation, not to say ...
JAY ROCKEFELLER

This will take time,
JAY ROCKEFELLER

These very serious charges go to the heart of whether administration officials misused intelligence ...
JAY ROCKEFELLER

If they misled about the war and if they misused intelligence, then the American people need to know...
JAY ROCKEFELLER

[How far should the United States go in forcing Mohammed to give up vital information?] We do not sa...
JAY ROCKEFELLER

the chain of command that Duncan Hunter's worried about.
JAY ROCKEFELLER

While we transferred sovereignty today, we need to be honest with the American people that this stru...
JAY ROCKEFELLER

If we had prescribed in Congress each of the relationships between the agencies, I think that would ...
JAY ROCKEFELLER

If planes don't fly, the whole economy shuts down,
JAY ROCKEFELLER

made the right decision.
JAY ROCKEFELLER

I've always though the Beckley V-A-M-C had the authority to assist with transportation, but we need ...
JAY ROCKEFELLER

Let's find out if there is ... I don't know.
JAY ROCKEFELLER

This is not a story with a quick ending.
JAY ROCKEFELLER

I think not taking Iran seriously is an enormous mistake. I've always felt that it was much more of ...
JAY ROCKEFELLER

One of my problems, so to speak, is that, in America, we tend to thing in relatively short-term. In ...
JAY ROCKEFELLER

We have a moral obligation to tackle television violence and provide parents with the tools to make ...
JAY ROCKEFELLER

There should be another chair before us, with an accompanying name card that reads director of natio...
JAY ROCKEFELLER

I really expected that when this hearing came, the new director of national intelligence would be he...
JAY ROCKEFELLER

You know, gentlemen, that I do not owe any personal income tax. But nevertheless, I send a small che...
DAVID ROCKEFELLER

(after thanking media) It would have been impossible for us to develop our plan for the world if we ...
DAVID ROCKEFELLER

I hope the Guggenheim plan will be revived.
DAVID ROCKEFELLER

Much corporate giving is charitable in nature rather than philanthropic.
DAVID ROCKEFELLER

I realize how fortunate I have been; mine has been a wonderful life.
DAVID ROCKEFELLER

I can only say that I have had a wonderful life.
DAVID ROCKEFELLER

The secret to success is to own nothing, but control everything.
NELSON ROCKEFELLER

A museum has to renew its collection to be alive, but that does not mean we give on important old wo...
DAVID ROCKEFELLER

I believe that government is the servant of the people and not their master.
DAVID ROCKEFELLER

I do not like to be unkind.
DAVID ROCKEFELLER

As children we recognized that we belonged to an unusual, even exceptional, family, but the effect w...
DAVID ROCKEFELLER

I think I am basically a happy person.
DAVID ROCKEFELLER

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

Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Competition is a sin.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

We can never learn too much of His will towards us, too much of His messages and His advice. The Bib...
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one&...
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the righ...
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possess...
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

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

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

Don't blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

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

The road to happiness lies in two simple principles; find what interests you and that you can do wel...
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

God gave me my money. I believe the power to make money is a gift from God . to be developed and use...
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking da...
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want succes...
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living ...
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one'...
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

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

The person who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won't succeed; you must have a larger...
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

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

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

The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more...
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living bu...
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of acce...
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

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

I have ways of making money that you know nothing of.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of...
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking da...
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

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

Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

This Sunday School has been of help to me, greater perhaps than any other force in my Christian life...
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

We need a new, deeper appreciation of the ethnic histories of the American people, not a reduction o...
STEVEN C. ROCKEFELLER

Good leadership consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

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

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

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

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

The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more...
JOHN D ROCKEFELLER

I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
JOHN D ROCKEFELLER

The person who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won't succeed; you must have a larger...
JOHN D ROCKEFELLER

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

There is nothing in this world that can compare with the Christian fellowship; nothing that can sati...
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

The person who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich wont succeed; you must have a large...
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity an obligation; every possessi...
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

[But longtime friend and competitor Robert Johnson, who founded BET, says,] To me, his achievements ...
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

A friendship founded on business is a good deal better than a business founded on friendship.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

He was a strong and noble lord with piercing eyes of grey.
He sat upon his noble throne shinin...
LAUREL A. ROCKEFELLER

The person who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won’t succeed; you must have a larg...
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

The most important thing for a young man is to establish credit - a reputation and character.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Don't blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of pers...
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Princess Anlei to the newly knighted Lord Knight Corann: "A princess does not need to rush into the ...
LAUREL A. ROCKEFELLER

Love for the beauty of the soul.
I shall love you always.
When the flower of life has go...
LAUREL A. ROCKEFELLER

I am not yet come of age, my lord. How can I be queen?” asked Constance fearfully.
LAUREL A. ROCKEFELLER

Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR.

The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR.

Think of giving not as a duty but as a privilege.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR.

I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking da...
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR.

Think of giving not as a duty but as a privilege.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER JR.

Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER JR.

I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking da...
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER JR.

The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER JR.

The road to happiness lies in two simple principles: find what it is that interests you and that you...
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER III

Today is a great day, not only of healing and reconciliation, but also coming together. I'm so glad the whole Little Rock Nine was alive and here to see this.

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Today is a great day, not only of healing and reconciliation, but also coming together. I'm so glad the whole Little Rock Nine was alive and here to see this.

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