John D Rockefeller on Business Quotes

"I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

"Every day I check my ledger. Every penny must be accounted for."

"The common man thinks only how he shall spend his time; a man of talent tries to use it."

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

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

"Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed."

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

"Giving is the secret to a healthy life. Not necessarily money, but your time, your love, your services."

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

"It is very important to remember what other people tell you, not what you tell them."

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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."

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

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

"The growth of a large business is merely a survival of the fittest."

"The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?"

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

"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."

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

"I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity."

"It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy."

"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."

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

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

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

"Competition is a sin."

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

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