John D. Rockefeller Quotes - Page 2

Never lose interest in life and the world. Never allow yourself to become annoyed.

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

Oh, how blessed young men are who have to struggle for a foundation and beginning in life.

Character - not wealth, power, or position - is the supreme word.

Save when you can and not when you have to.

Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.

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?

I have made many millions but they have brought me no happiness.

Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.

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.

The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.

The man will be most successful who confers the greatest service on the world.

I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.

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

Our cup will truly run over only after we have sealed the character cracks.

I never placed my head upon the pillow at night without reminding myself that my success might only be temporary.

Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.

Get rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.

I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.

I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

It has always been my rule in business to make everything count.

I have ways of making money that you know nothing of.

To think! All that power and he wasn't even rich!

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.