John D Rockefeller on Success Quotes

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

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

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

"The common denominator of success is a work ethic."

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

"There is no feeling in this world to be compared with self-reliance - do not sacrifice that to anything else."

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

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

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

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

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

"Do not be afraid to give up the good to go for the great."

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

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

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

"Think of giving not as a duty but as a privilege."

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

"The only thing that gives me pleasure is to see my dividend coming in."

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Character, not wealth, power, or position, is of supreme worth."

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

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

"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."

"The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other."

"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."

"Is it not a duty for a man to make all the money he can and to keep all he can and to give away all he can?"

"The common man's best chance for success is to find a business that is already successful and then do it better."