Believe like a Rockefeller

The Rockefeller family story highlights the American Dream like no other. It will no doubt stand the test of time.

While John D. Rockefeller Sr brought his family name to the forefront, the family continues to make an impact on our world.

The Rockefeller building in New York City is a place to visit and get inspired by what the Rockefeller’s did for the oil industry and for many aspects of the society from education, business worlds and leading to service and philanthropy.

Listed below are the beliefs noted down by John D. Rockefeller Jr. This helps give some insight in to what the family stood for and we will do well to understand and absorb these powerful beliefs.

 

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

 

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

 

I believe that the law was made for man and not man for the law; that government is the servant of the people and not their master.

 

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.

 

I believe that thrift is essential to well ordered living and that economy is a prime requisite of a sound financial structure, whether in government, business or personal affairs.

 

I believe that truth and justice are fundamental to an enduring social order.

 

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.

 

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

Reference: https://library.brown.edu/create/rock50/the-credo-of-john-d-rockefeller-jr/