The 40 Best Phrases of John D. Rockefeller

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The 40 Best Phrases of John D. Rockefeller

The best John D. Rockefeller quotes, US petroleum business magnate in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, industrialist, and philanthropist. Rockefeller (1839-1937) has been the richest man in the history of the United States and the richest man in modern history.

Currently -adjusted for inflation- it would have 663,400 million dollars, far exceeding Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Carlos Slim, Amancio Ortega or Warren Buffett.

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-Don't be afraid to give up the good to go big.

-Each right carries a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; each possession, a duty.

-I would hire a man with enthusiasm sooner than a man who knows everything.

-If your only goal is to be rich, you will never make it..

-I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

-The secret to success is doing common things in unusual ways.

-If you want to be successful, you must seek new paths, instead of following the traditional and well-trodden paths of success that everyone knows..

-I don't think there is another quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. Outperforms almost anything, even nature.

-A man has no right to occupy another man's time unnecessarily.

-The way to make money is to buy when blood runs in the streets.

-Nobody does anything if they can get someone else to do it.

-Good leadership is about showing average people how to do superior people's work.

-A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.

-With perseverance, anything, whether right or wrong, good or bad, is doable and can be achieved..

-The ability to deal with people is as affordable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for anything else under the sun..

-Unity of purpose is one of the main essential elements for success in life.

-I believe in the dignity of work, whether with head or hands; that the world owes no man its life, but that it owes every man an opportunity to create a life.

-I would rather earn 1% of 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts.

-Charity is harmful unless it helps the receiver to become independent from it.

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

-I can't think of anything more enjoyable than a life dedicated to pleasure..

-Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know that you are doing the right thing..

-Competition is a sin.

-It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy..

-I have ways of making money that you don't know anything about.

-Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? Is to see my dividends come in.

-I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who spends every waking hour making money for money.

-I believe in the supreme value of the person and in their right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

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

-I believe that the law was made for man and not man for the law; that the government is the servant of the people and not their master.

-I believe that saving is essential for a well-ordered life and that the economy is a primary requirement of a sound financial structure, whether in government, business or personal affairs..

-I believe that truth and justice are fundamental to a lasting social order.

-Giving should be done in the same way as investing. Giving is investing.

-I believe in the sacredness of a promise, that a man's word should be as good as his bond, that character - not wealth or power - is of supreme value..

-I believe that the rendering of useful service is the common duty of humanity and that only in the purifying fire of sacrifice is the slag of selfishness consumed and the greatness of the human soul set free..

-I believe that love is the greatest thing in the world; that can only overcome hatred; that right can and will triumph over power.

-After it is all over, man's religion is his most important possession.

-There is nothing in this world that can compare with Christian fellowship; nothing that can satisfy but Christ.


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