John D. Rockefeller quotes
Born
July 8, 1839 Richford, New York, U.S.
Died
May 23, 1937.
Occupation
Business magnate.
John D. Rockefeller was an American oil industry business magnate.
How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.
– John D. Rockefeller
The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
– John D. Rockefeller
Competition is a sin.
– John D. Rockefeller
Perseverance can overcome all obstacles. Even the laws of nature cannot stop it.
– John D. Rockefeller
Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.
– John D. Rockefeller
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
– John D. Rockefeller
Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
– John D. Rockefeller
Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.
– John D. Rockefeller
After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
– John D. Rockefeller
I believe that it is my duty to make money and use it for the benefit of my neighbors. This is what my conscience tells me.
– John D. Rockefeller
Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity and obligation; Every possession a duty.
– John D. Rockefeller
Think of giving not as a duty but as a privilege.
– John D. Rockefeller
The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit… a reputation, character.
– John D. Rockefeller
I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.
– John D. Rockefeller
God gave me my money.
– John D. Rockefeller
It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
– John D. Rockefeller
The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
– John D. Rockefeller
Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim.
– John D. Rockefeller
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.
– John D. Rockefeller
Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
– John D. Rockefeller
Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do work of superior people.
– John D. Rockefeller
You know the only thing that brings me pleasure? To see my dividends.
– John D. Rockefeller
The road to happiness lies in two simple principles; find what it is that interests you and that you can do well, and when you find it put your whole soul into it every bit of energy and ambition and natural ability you have.
– John D. Rockefeller
I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
– John D. Rockefeller
I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
– John D. Rockefeller
Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in.
– John D. Rockefeller
I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty.
– John D. Rockefeller
If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
– John D. Rockefeller
There is nothing in this world that can compare with the Christian fellowship; nothing that can satisfy but Christ.
– John D. Rockefeller
Own nothing, control everything.
– John D. Rockefeller
He who works all day has no time to make money.
– John D. Rockefeller
A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
– John D. Rockefeller
Don’t be afraid to give up the good and go for the great.
– John D. Rockefeller
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.
– John D. Rockefeller
The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or cofee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.
– John D. Rockefeller