John D Rockefeller on Efficiency Quotes

"I had a passion for detail."

"I have always regarded it as a religious duty to get all I could honorably and to give all I could."

"The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee."

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

"Own nothing, control everything."

"It is very important to remember what other people tell you."

"Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life."

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

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

"A man's wealth must be determined by the relation of his importances to his expenditures."

"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."

"Competition is a sin."

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

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

"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."

"Every day I made it a point to go over the books."

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

"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."

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

"I believe in the sacredness of a promise, that a man's word should be as good as his bond."

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

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

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

"It is one thing to stand on the high ground of principle, and another to be practical."

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

"We are all the time looking for men who can take the burden off our shoulders."

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

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

"Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing."

"The man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won't succeed; you must have a larger ambition."