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
To think! All that power and he wasn't even rich!
I think it is a man's duty to make all the money he can, keep all that he can and give away all that he can.
I should say in general the advantage of education is to better fit a man for life's work. I would advise young men to take a college course, as a rule, but think some are just as well off with a thorough business training.
I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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.
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.
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.
Think of giving not as a duty but as a privilege.
Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
We are coming to see that there should be no stifling of labor by capital, or of capital by labor; and also that there should be no stifling of labor by labor, or of capital by capital.