John D. Rockefeller Quotes

I have always indulged the hope that I should be able to establish efficiency in giving, so that wealth may be of greater use to the present and future generations.

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

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

Sometimes things are said about us that are cruel, and they hurt. But I am never a pessimist—I never despair. I believe in man and the brotherhood of man and am confident that everything will come out for the good of all in the end.

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

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

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.

It is one thing to stand on the comfortable ground of placid inaction and put forth words of cynical wisdom, and another to plunge into the work itself and through strenuous experience earn the right to express strong conclusions.

A little rest now and then helps a man to accomplish more.

Tenía una natural pasión por el detalle que con los años tuve que modificar para ser más eficiente.

Don't waste effort on a thing that ends in a petty triumph unless you are happy with a life of petty success

One of the most important of the elements which go to make up civilization is the progress of morality and religion.

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

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

The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee. And I will pay more for that ability.