John D. Rockefeller Quotes

“If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.”

“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.”

“Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”

“The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.”

“Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim.”

“I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.”

“I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts.”

“I believe the power to make money is a gift of God.”

“The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.”

“Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.”

“Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.”

“I don't want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers.”

“It is too late to argue about advantages of industrial combinations. They are a necessity.”

“You could argue its existence from its effects, but you could not prove it.”

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

“The impression was gaining ground with me that it was a good thing to let the money be my servant and not make myself a slave to the money.”

“I believe the power to make money is a gift from God. 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.”

“It is remarkable how much we all could do if we avoid hustling, and go along at an even pace and keep from attempting too much.”

“The life of John D. Rockefeller was marked to an exceptional degree by silence, mystery, and evasion. Even though he presided over the largest business and philanthropic enterprises of his day, he has remained an elusive figure.”

“All my future seemed to hinge on that day, and I often tremble when I ask myself the question: 'What if I had not got the job?'”