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.
You know that great prejudice exists against all successful business enterprise - the more successful, the greater the prejudice.
A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
Many of the deficiencies of our economic system could be alleviated if ways were found to broaden the ownership of the means of production... This has happened in some companies through ESOPs. Successful approaches of this sort would pay dividends in terms of employee commitment and morale. And they would not deprive anyone of his present holdings since they are based on future growth.
I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates.
The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit... a reputation, character.
I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in.
The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
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 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.