John D. Rockefeller Quotes

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

If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.

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.

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.

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

In the same way the failures which a man makes in his life are due almost always to some defect in his personality, some weakness of body, or mind, or character, will, or temperament. The only way to overcome these failings is to build up his personality from within, so that he, by virtue of what is within him, may overcome the weakness which was the cause of the failure. It is only those efforts the man himself puts forth that can really help him.

It is very important to remember what other people tell you, not so much what you yourself already know.

Nobody does anything if he can get anybody else to do it

The only thing which is of lasting benefit to a man is that which he does for himself. Money which comes to him without effort on his part is seldom a benefit and often a curse.

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.

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

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

A man’s wealth must be determined by the relation of his desires and expenditures to his income. If he feels rich on ten dollars, and has everything else he desires, he really is rich.

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