John D Rockefeller Quotes
Jon D. Rockefeller was a philanthropist and a humanitarian like Andrew Carnegie who helped others with their wealth.
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John D Rockefeller Quotes on education
- Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people. ― John D. Rockefeller
- Competition is a sin. ― John D. Rockefeller
- “I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty.” ― John D. Rockefeller
- Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people. ― John D. Rockefeller, John D Rockefeller quotes on work.
- Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing. ― John D. Rockefeller
- 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
- Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in. ― John D. Rockefeller
- I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure. ― John D. Rockefeller
- Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive. ― John D. Rockefeller
- This Sunday School has been of help to me, greater perhaps than any other force in my Christian life, and I can ask no better things for you than that you, and all that shall come after you in this great band of workers for Christ, shall receive the same measure of blessedness which I have been permitted to have. ― John D. Rockefeller
- The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it? ― John D. Rockefeller
- “I had a horror of the danger of arrogance. What a pitiful thing it is when a man lets a little temporary success spoil him, warp his judgment, and he forgets what he is!” ― John D. Rockefeller
- “Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” ― John D. Rockefeller
- “I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. ― John D. Rockefeller
- I believe that the law was made for man and not man for the law; that government is the servant of the people and not their master. ― John D. Rockefeller
- 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. ― John D. Rockefeller
- I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living and that economy is a prime requisite of a sound financial structure, whether in government, business, or personal affairs. ― John D. Rockefeller
- I believe that truth and justice are fundamental to an enduring social order. ― 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. ― John D. Rockefeller
- I believe that the rendering of useful service is the common duty of mankind and that only in the purifying fire of sacrifice is the dross of selfishness consumed and the greatness of the human soul set free. ― John D. Rockefeller
- I believe that love is the greatest thing in the world; that it alone can overcome hate; that right can and will triumph over might.” ― 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.” ― John D. Rockefeller
- “A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship” ― John D. Rockefeller
- “The secret to success is to do the common things uncommonly well.” ― John D. Rockefeller
- “I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.” ― John D. Rockefeller
- “The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit . . . a reputation, character.” ― John D. Rockefeller
- “Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.” ― John D. Rockefeller
- “The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee. And I will pay more for that ability.” ― John D. Rockefeller
- “I was early taught to work as well as play,
My life has been one long, happy holiday;
Full of work and full of play-
I dropped the worry on the way-
- “Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.” ― John D. Rockefeller
- “A man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily” ― John D. Rockefeller
- “I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.” ― John D. Rockefeller
- “Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim.” ― John D. Rockefeller
- “Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you’ll be able to see farther.” ― John D. Rockefeller
- John D Rockefeller Quotes About Money
- The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets. ― John D. Rockefeller
- “If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.” ― John D. Rockefeller
- “It is one thing to stand on the comfortable ground of placid inaction and put forth words of cynical wisdom, and another to plunge into the work itself and through strenuous experience earn the right to express strong conclusions.” ― John D. Rockefeller, Random Reminiscences of Men and Events
- 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 D. Rockefeller
- “I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.” ― John D. Rockefeller
- “The impression was gaining ground with me that it was a good thing to let the money be my slave and not make myself a slave to money.” ― John D. Rockefeller, John D. Rockefeller on Making Money: Advice and Words of Wisdom on Building and Sharing Wealth
- I have ways of making money that you know nothing of. ― John D. Rockefeller
- John D Rockefeller Quotes on Success And Life
- It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy. ― John D. Rockefeller
- “If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.” ― John D. Rockefeller
- “Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed” ― John D. Rockefeller
- “In the same way the failures which a man makes in his life are due almost always to some defect in his personality, some weakness of body, or mind, or character, will, or temperament. The only way to overcome these failings is to build up his personality from within, so that he, by virtue of what is within him, may overcome the weakness which was the cause of the failure. It is only those efforts the man himself puts forth that can really help him.” ― John D. Rockefeller
- “Nobody does anything if he can get anybody else to do it” ― John D. Rockefeller
- “It is very important to remember what other people tell you, not so much what you yourself already know.” ― John D. Rockefeller
- “The only thing which is of lasting benefit to a man is that which he does for himself. Money which comes to him without effort on his part is seldom a benefit and often a curse.” ― John D. Rockefeller
- “A man’s wealth must be determined by the relation of his desires and expenditures to his income. If he feels rich on ten dollars, and has everything else he desires, he really is rich.” ― John D. Rockefeller
John D Rockefeller Quotes on God And Religion
- I believe in an all-wise and all-loving God, named by whatever name, and that the individual’s highest fulfillment, greatest happiness and widest usefulness are to be found in living in harmony with His will. ― John D. Rockefeller
- And God was good to me every day.” ― John D. Rockefeller
- We can never learn too much of His will towards us, too much of His messages and His advice. The Bible is His word and its study gives at once the foundation for our faith and an inspiration to battle onward in the fight against the tempter. ― John D. Rockefeller
- After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession. ― John D. Rockefeller
- There is nothing in this world that can compare with the Christian fellowship; nothing that can satisfy but Christ. ― John D. Rockefeller
John D Rockefeller’s last words
- “Goodbye, I’ll see you in heaven.” ― John D. Rockefeller