John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
John Davison Rockefeller Sr.was an American industrialist and philanthropist. He was a co-founder of the Standard Oil Company, which dominated the oil industry and was the first great U.S. business trust. Rockefeller revolutionized the petroleum industry, and along with other key contemporary industrialists such as Andrew Carnegie, defined the structure of modern philanthropy. In 1870, he founded Standard Oil Company and actively ran it until he officially retired in 1897...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth8 July 1839
CountryUnited States of America
John D. Rockefeller quotes about
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
I don't want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim.
The man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won't succeed, you must have a larger ambition.
I believe it is a religious duty to get all the money you can, fairly and honestly; to keep all you can, and to give away all you can.
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.
Competition is a sin.
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.
Oh, how blessed young men are who have to struggle for a foundation and beginning in life.
Character - not wealth, power, or position - is the supreme word.
Never think you need to apologize for asking someone to give to a worthy cause, any more than as though you were giving him or her an opportunity to participate in a high-grade investment. The duty of giving is as much his or hers as is the duty of asking yours.
The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.