John D. Rockefeller Quotes

Our cup will truly run over only after we have sealed the character cracks.

Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.

And we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better.

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

I have long been profoundly convinced that in the very nature of things, employers and employees are partners, not enemies; that their interests are common not opposed; that in the long run the success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.

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.

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

The common denominator for success is work.

The man will be most successful who confers the greatest service on the world.

I think it is a man's duty to make all the money he can, keep all that he can and give away all that he can.

Believing that fundamental conditions of the country are sound and there is nothing in the business situation to warrant the destruction of values that has taken place on the exchanges during the past week, my son and I have for some days been purchasing sound common stocks. We are continuing and will continue our purchases in substantial amounts at levels which we believe represent sound investment values.

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

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

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

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

My mother was given to a typical question: "We have always done this. Why should we do anything else?" But my wife's typical question was "We have always done this. Why don't we do it another way or, better still, why not do something else?"

I never would have been able to tithe the first million dollars I ever made if I had not tithed my first salary, which was $1.50 per week.

I have made many millions but they have brought me no happiness.

The person who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won't succeed; you must have a larger ambition. There is no mystery in business success. If you do each day's task successfully, and stay faithfully within these natural operations of commercial laws which I talk so much about, and keep your head clear, you will come out all right.