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 most important thing for a young man is to establish credit - a reputation and character.
God gave me my money. I believe the power to make money is a gift from 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.
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 had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.
Don't blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
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 success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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.
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.
Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life.
I have ways of making money that you know nothing of.
Oh, how blessed young men are who have to struggle for a foundation and beginning in life.
The best philanthropy is constantly in search of the finalities-a search for a cause, an attempt to cure evils at their source.