John D. Rockefeller quotes

A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship. (John D. Rockefeller)
Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. View quote
John D. Rockefeller
If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it. View quote
John D. Rockefeller
Try to turn every disaster into an opportunity. View quote
John D. Rockefeller
I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything. View quote
John D. Rockefeller
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success. View quote
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Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people. View quote
John D. Rockefeller
The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets. View quote
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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. View quote
John D. Rockefeller
I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts. View quote
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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)
I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty. View quote
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It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy. View quote
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Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing. View quote
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. View quote
John D. Rockefeller
Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in. View quote
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I have ways of making money that you know nothing of. View quote
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The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit - a reputation, character. View quote
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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. View quote
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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- And God was good to me everyday. View quote
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I don't want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers. (John D. Rockefeller)
Let the good work go on. We must ever remember we are refining oil for the poor man and he must have it cheap and good. View quote
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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. View quote
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God gave me my money. View quote
John D. Rockefeller
I believe it is a religious duty to get all the money you can, fairly and honestly; to keep all you can, and to give away all you can. View quote
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