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John D. Rockefeller
19 quotes
“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 (1839–1937) said by 1937 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We must ever remember we are refining oil for the poor man and he must have it cheap and good.”
John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937) said by 1937 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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 (1839–1937) first seen 1901 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in How They Succeeded (1901) by Orison Swett Marden
“It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.”
John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937) first seen 1905 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Attributed as a statement to his Bible class (1 April 1905) in "The Loneliness of John D. Rockefeller", Current Literature (November 1906) vol. 41 no. 5,
“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.”
John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937) first seen 1906 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Random Reminiscences of Men and Events (1906)
“Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in.”
John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937) first seen 1908 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Remark to a neighbor, quoted by John Lewis in Cosmopolitan (1908)
“God gave me my money.”
John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937) first seen 1915 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Women's Home Companion (1915), quoted in God's Gold (1932) by John T. Flynn
“The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit — a reputation, character.”
John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937) first seen 1918 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Men Who Are Making America (1918) by Bertie Charles Forbes
“I was early taught to work as well as play, My life has been one long, happy holiday; Full of work and full of play — I dropped the worry on the way — And God was good to me every day.”
John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937) first seen 1925 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Verses written on his eighty-sixth birthday (8 July 1925)
“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.”
John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937) first seen 1928 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: TIME Magazine (21. May 1928)
“I believe the power to make money is a gift of God … to be developed and used to the best of our ability for the good of mankind. Having been endowed with the gift I possess, I believe it is my duty to make money and still more money and to use the money I make for the good of my fellow man according to the dictates of my conscience.”
John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937) first seen 1932 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with William Hoster, quoted in God's Gold (1932) by John T. Flynn
“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.”
John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937) first seen 1937 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Attributed in How to Win Friends and Influence People (1937) by Dale Carnegie
“Try to turn every disaster into an opportunity.”
John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937) said by 1937 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Attributed in The Rockefellers (1976) by Peter Collier and David Horowitz
“If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.”
John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937) said by 1937 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Steps to the Top (1985) by Zig Ziglar, p. 16
“The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.”
John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937) said by 1937 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Attributed in The Fourth — And by Far the Most Recent 637 Best Things Anybody Ever Said (1990) by Robert Byrne; attributed elsewhere to Nathan M. Rothschild
“If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.”
John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937) said by 1937 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Complete Speaker's and Toastmaster's Library (1992) edited by Jacob Morton Braude and Glenn Van Ekeren
“Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.”
John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937) said by 1937 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in The Forbes Book of Business Quotations (2007) edited by Ted Goodman, p. 175
“I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.”
John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937) said by 1937 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Classic Wisdom for the Professional Life (2010) by Bryan Curtis, p. 75
“The day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return.”
John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937) first seen 1880 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: John D. Rockefeller, age 41, in 1880 — Allan Nevins, John D. Rockefeller (New York: Scribner, 1959), I:622.