John D Rockefeller on Deep Work Quotes

"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."

"I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance."

"Do not many of us fail because we do not tie the loose ends? Concentration is the key."

"The growth of a large business is merely a survival of the fittest through the focus on efficiency."

"A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds."

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

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

"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."

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

"He who works all day has no time to make money; one must stop to think deeply."

"Get all the information you can, then act with total focus."

"Giving is the secret of a healthy life. Not necessarily money, but your focused energy."

"The major fortunes in America have been made in land, but the maintenance of them requires constant mental focus."

"I have no use for a man who has no time to give to the Lord's work."

"Control of the details is the foundation of all great enterprises."

"I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure without focused work."

"I would rather have a man of great focus than a man of great brilliance without it."

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

"Our cup will truly run over only after we have sealed the leaks through careful focus."

"I was early taught to work as well as play; my life has been one long, happy holiday because I focused on the task at hand."

"Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great; that requires deep concentration and sacrifice."

"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."

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

"The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets and focus on the long-term recovery."

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

"I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own, but only if the system is perfectly tuned."

"Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent through their own focused labor."

"I never felt the need to hurry. I took my time to think things through."

"Every day I sat at my desk and focused on the ledger until the numbers spoke to me."

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

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

"I attribute my success to my habit of keeping a notebook and focusing on one problem at a time."

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