John D. Rockefeller

Oil Tycoon American 1839 – 1937

Founded Standard Oil and became America's first billionaire.

377 quotes

"It is not for mere curiosity that we should concern ourselves with the future."
"The ability to learn and adapt is the greatest competitive advantage."
Knowledge
"In God we trust; all others must bring data."
Truth
"The real measure of your wealth is how much you would be worth if you lost all your money."
Life
"I would rather earn 1% from 100 people's efforts than 100% from my own."
Leadership
"Small pittances should go to charity; great sums should go to education."
Education
"I have never felt that the profit motive was evil."
Philosophy
"The harder you work, the luckier you get."
Success
"I never have been associated with the doing of anything against public spirit."
Justice
"What is the best investment? Land. They're not making it anymore."
Money
"Friendship is just another word for dependable mutual benefit."
Relationships
"I have no sympathy with the idea of rotting wealth."
Philosophy
"The person who dies richest dies disgraced."
Life
"I don't suppose I could have arrived at my present station if I had been a man of compromises."
Strength
"Leisure is a byproduct of having something worth working for."
Work
"I believe in being kind to the poor, but giving them exactly what they need, not what they want."
Wisdom
"Your fortune is in your own hands; seize it."
Courage
"Grow as if your life depends on it, because it does."
Perseverance
"The man who does not work for the love of work, but only for money, is not likely to make much of either."
Motivation
"I have been blessed beyond measure, and I believe in passing those blessings on."
Gratitude
"The best time to do something is when you should have done it five years ago."
Time
"Yield to no opposition, no matter the cost."
Courage
"I have always believed that business should be a gentleman's game."
Truth
"The future belongs to those who believe in it."
Inspiration
"Build your success on a foundation of truth and integrity."
Success
"I believe in the redemptive power of hard work."
Work
"Life is not about the destination, but the quality of the journey."
Life
"The man who gets ahead is the one who does more than is asked."
Motivation
"Capital is not money; it is the accumulated result of man's labor."
Knowledge
"I have made it my life's purpose to give intelligently."