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