Quotes from John D. Rockefeller

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

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

Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in.

After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.

The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit . . . a reputation, character.

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

The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee. And I will pay more for that ability.

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 every day.

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

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

A man has no right to occupy another man's time unnecessarily

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

If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.

Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see farther.

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