John D. Rockefeller Quotes

The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?

We can never learn too much of His will towards us, too much of His messages and His advice. The Bible is His word and its study gives at once the foundation for our faith and an inspiration to battle onward in the fight against the tempter.

And we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better.

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.

I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.

Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed

I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.

The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit… a reputation, character.

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 always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.

Who is the poorest man in the world? I tell you, the poorest man I know of is the man who has nothing but money.

The common denominator for success is work.

I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty.

Giving is the secret to a healthy life. Not necessarily money, but whatever a person has to give of encouragement, sympathy, and understanding.

Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.

The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.