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
The man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won't succeed, you must have a larger ambition.
Giving is the secret to a healthy life. Not necessarily money, but whatever a person has to give of encouragement, sympathy, and understanding.
The common denominator for success is work.
Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed
Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in.
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.
The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
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.
The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit... a reputation, character.
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.