John D. Rockefeller Quotes

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

I don't want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers

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

Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed

Own nothing, control everything.

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.

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

Who is the poorest man in the world? I tell you, the poorest man I know of is the man who has nothing but money.

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

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.

How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.

Giving is the secret to a healthy life. Not necessarily money, but whatever a person has to give of encouragement, sympathy, and understanding.

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

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.

The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.

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.

I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.

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

Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life.

A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.

The common denominator for success is work.

Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.

The man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won't succeed, you must have a larger ambition.