Quotes from John D. Rockefeller

The only question with wealth is what you do with it.

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

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

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.

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.

The common denominator for success is work.

I had to work my way up to be where I am now. All these companies could have done the same.

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.

I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.

I was trained from the beginning to work, to save. I have always regarded it a as a religious duty to get all I could honorably and to give all I could.

Don't blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.

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.

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

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

The best business in the world is a well run oil company. The second best business in the world is a badly run oil company.

You know that great prejudice exists against all successful business enterprise - the more successful, the greater the prejudice.

uno no puede tener éxito en los negocios si no tiene un olfato para las oportunidades.

Ci sono persone che sognano il successo e altre che restano sveglie per ottenerlo.

Good management consist of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

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.

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.

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.

I was born into it and there was nothing I could do about it. It was there, like air or food, or any other element. The only question with wealth is what you do with it.

A friendship built on business can be glorious, while a business built on friendship can be murder.