John Rockefeller Quotes
180 John Rockefeller Quotes
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The only thing which is of lasting benefit to a man is that which he does for himself.
John Rockefeller
Do you know anyone who is zealous in their work? He is the equal of kings.
John Rockefeller
The golden rule of success is expansion!
John Rockefeller
Transform failure into success!
John Rockefeller
A friendship born of business is better than a business born of friendship.
John Rockefeller
Good management consists of showing average people how to do superior work.
John Rockefeller
We were accustomed to prepare for financial emergencies long before we needed the funds.
John Rockefeller
Money was worth what it would bring – no one would pay 10 percent, or 5 percent, or 3 percent unless the borrower believed that at this rate it was profitable to employ it.
John Rockefeller
I have made a resolution to let my money work instead of me!
John Rockefeller
I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
John Rockefeller
The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
John Rockefeller
Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim.
John Rockefeller
Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
John Rockefeller
I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
John Rockefeller
Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
John Rockefeller
A business cannot be a great success that does not fully and efficiently accept and take advantage of its opportunities.
John Rockefeller
A friend of whatever kind is important; and this one learns as one grows older.
John Rockefeller
To my father I owe a great debt in that he himself trained me to practical ways.
John Rockefeller
The success of one man in any walk of life spurs the others on.
John Rockefeller
When a man’s [business] affairs are not going well, he hates to study the books and face the truth.
John Rockefeller
Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in.
The only thing that gives me pleasure is to watch the dividends fall.
John Rockefeller
[My philosophy is] discipline, order, and faithful account of all credits and debits.
John Rockefeller
I ascribe the success of the Standard Oil Company to the consistent policy of making its business large through the merit and cheapness of its products.
John Rockefeller
I believe the power to make money is a gift of 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 Rockefeller
Look at the worm on the ground, there on the ground. If I step on it, I draw attention to it. If I ignore it, it disappears.
John Rockefeller
If you want to succeed, you have to forge new paths and avoid borrowed ones that promise success.
If you want to succeed, you have to forge new paths and avoid borrowed ones…
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
John Rockefeller
The ability to handle people is a commodity that can be bought like sugar and coffee, and I’m ready to pay more for this ability than for any other on earth.
John Rockefeller
Learn to make numbers talk! They will speak to you about hard truths and also reveal the future!
John Rockefeller
I have ways of making money you know nothing about.
John Rockefeller
The success of one person depends on the success of others.
John 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.
John Rockefeller
I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
John Rockefeller
It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
John 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 Rockefeller
I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity an obligation; every possession, a duty.
John Rockefeller
I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
John Rockefeller
There is no mystery in business success. If you do each day’s task successfully, and stay faithfully within these natural operations of commercial laws which I talks so much about, and keep your head clear, you will come out all right.
John Rockefeller
If you only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
John Rockefeller
Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.
John Rockefeller
The task is simple. We will organize children and teach them in a perfect way the things their fathers and mothers are doing in an imperfect way.
John Rockefeller
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