John D. Rockefeller Quotes

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

Important People Remember Yourself
I don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
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History Myself Nation Thinker Work
I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Believe Live Myself
I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Believe Happiness Himself Life Pursuit Right
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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Business Failure Men Myself Successful
Believing that fundamental conditions of the country are sound, my son and I have for some days been purchasing sound common stocks
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Believe Condition Country Fundamental Myself Son Sound
Get rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Art Creativity Inspirational Motivational Rich
The best philanthropy is constantly in search of the finalities-a search for a cause, an attempt to cure evils at their source.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Charity Cure Evil Search
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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Believe Dignity Inspirational Live Man Myself Opportunity Work
I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Ambition Attitude Build Fortune Goal Money Myself
I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Choice Enthusiasm Hire Intelligence Men Myself
Giving is the secret to a healthy life. Not necessarily money, but whatever a person has to give of encouragement, sympathy, and understanding.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Encouragement Happiness Health Life Person Secret Sympathy Understand
I shall use such influence as I have in emphasizing the basic truths common to all denominations, in lowering denominational barriers and in promoting effective cooperation among Christians of whatever creed.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Influence Lower Myself Religion Truth
I was born into it and there was nothing I could do about it. It was there, like air or food, or any other element. The only question with wealth is what you do with it.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Born Element Food Wealth Yourself
I was trained from the beginning to work, to save. I have always regarded it a as a religious duty to get all I could honorably and to give all I could.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Beginning Charity Giving Myself Religious
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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Goodness Impression Myself Slave
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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Inspirational Leadership Nature Perseverance Quality Success Thinking
I’m glad I wrote the book to show what I found out about the [ Standard Oil Company]. I’m glad many people read my book and found out the truth.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Book Happiness Myself Oil People Reading Truth
Save when you can and not when you have to.
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Choice Difference Money Possible Save Yourself
God gave me my money.
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God Gratitude Money Myself
The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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Dependent Each Other Reality Success Support Winning
Competition is a sin.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Competition One Liner Sin
Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Inspirational Smart Success
It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Happiness Laughter Men Thinking Wrong
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.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Business Generosity Himself Men Money Thinking
Capital and labor are both wild forces which require intelligent legislation to hold them in restriction.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Capital Force Intelligence Legislation Restriction Wild
There is no feeling in this world to be compared with self-reliance–do not sacrifice that to anything else.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

Better Feeling Lose Sacrifice World

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