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
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.
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.
We are quite convinced that if he were alive today, as an astute businessman looking out to the future, he would be moving out of fossil fuels and investing in clean, renewable energy.
The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.
Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in.
I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money's sake.
I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
The man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won't succeed, you must have a larger ambition.
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.
The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.
I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty.
The most important thing for a young man is to establish credit - a reputation and character.