John Davison Rockefeller Sr. was an American business magnate and philanthropist. He is widely considered the wealthiest American of all time, and the richest person in modern history. Profoundly inspirational John D. Rockefeller quotes will challenge the way you think, change the way you live and transform your whole life.
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Famous John D. Rockefeller Quotes
The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well. John D. Rockefeller
Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim.
Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed John D. Rockefeller
Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. John D. Rockefeller
The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit a reputation, character.
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
A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything. John D. Rockefeller
The secret to success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
Own nothing, control everything. John D. Rockefeller
I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
God gave me my money. I believe the power to make money is a gift from God. to be developed and used to the best of our ability for the good of mankind.
Having been endowed with the gift I possess, I believe it is my duty to make money and still more money and to use the money I make for the good of my fellow man according to the dictates of my conscience. John D. Rockefeller
A man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily.
I never would have been able to tithe the first million dollars I ever made if I had not tithed my first salary, which was $1.50 per week. John D. Rockefeller
A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets. John D. Rockefeller
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
The common denominator for success is work. John D. Rockefeller
I believe that love is the greatest thing in the world; that it alone can and will triumph over might.
Never lose interest in life and the world. Never allow yourself to become annoyed. John D. Rockefeller
I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity. John D. Rockefeller
It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
The man will be most successful who confers the greatest service on the world. John D. Rockefeller
I believe that the power to make money is a gift from God.
I was early taught to work as well as play. My life has been one long, happy holiday; Full of work and full of playI dropped the worry on the way And God was good to me every day. John D. Rockefeller
Think of giving not as a duty but as a privilege.
The man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won’t succeed, you must have a larger ambition. John D. Rockefeller
I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
I have made many millions but they have brought me no happiness. John D. Rockefeller
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.
Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions. John D. Rockefeller
I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty.
Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim. John D. Rockefeller
Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.
Oh, how blessed young men are who have to struggle for a foundation and beginning in life. John D. Rockefeller
Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
Giving is the secret to a healthy life. Not necessarily money, but whatever a person has to give encouragement, sympathy, and understanding. John D. Rockefeller
Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty. John D. Rockefeller
I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
There is no feeling in this world to be compared with self reliance do not sacrifice that to anything else. John D. Rockefeller
Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you’ll be able to see farther.
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success. John D. Rockefeller
If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
Do not many of us who fail to achieve big things fail because we lack concentration the art of concentrating the mind on the thing to be done at the proper time and to the exclusion of everything else? John D. Rockefeller
I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.
I don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers John D. Rockefeller
The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?
Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it. John D. Rockefeller
The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
It is very important to remember what other people tell you, not so much what you yourself already know. John D. Rockefeller
I believe that thrift is essential to well ordered living.
I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates. John D. Rockefeller
Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed.
I believe that thrift is essential to well ordered living. John D. Rockefeller
Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in.
I cheat my boys every chance I get. I trade with the boys and skin ’em and I just beat ’em every time I can. I want to make ’em sharp. John D. Rockefeller
After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
I have ways of making money that you know nothing of. John D. Rockefeller
There is nothing in this world that can compare with the Christian fellowship; Nothing that can satisfy but Christ.
Save when you can and not when you have to. John D. Rockefeller
Don’t be afraid to give up the good and go for the great. John D. Rockefeller
When work goes out of style we may expect to see civilization totter and fall. John D. Rockefeller
Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it. John D. Rockefeller
I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build. John D. Rockefeller , John D Rockefeller
He who works all day has no time to make money. John D. Rockefeller
Competition is a sin. John D. Rockefeller
Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity and obligation; Every possession a duty. John D. Rockefeller
