John D. Rockefeller

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

"I always remember that whatever I may achieve, it is the Lord who has given it to me."

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

"The most important thing for a young man is to establish credit, and use it well."

"I have always believed that the way to permanent success is through steady, patient work."

"Every great fortune has a crime at its beginning."

"The man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won't succeed."

"I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living."

"Education has for its object the formation of character."

"I have no use for men who fail. The cause is generally a lack of ability."

"A friendship built on business is better than a business built on friendship."

"My greatest pleasure is in the work that precedes accumulation."

"The person who starts out with the idea of becoming wealthy inevitably comes to grief."

"I made up my mind never to stop acquiring knowledge."

"The most useful thing to teach is how to think for oneself."

"Intelligent investment is the foundation of all wealth building."

"The man who does more work than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does."

"I believe that every right implies a responsibility."

"Never step over one principle for another."

"I have ways of making money that you know nothing of."

"Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk."

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started."

"I do not think there is any other quality so important to success as judgment."

"I believe the rendering of useful service is the common duty of mankind."

"Hard work is the price of success."

"Whatever I engage in, I must push inordinately."

"The person who merely thinks and dreams of great deeds remains a dreamer."

"Religion is the most important thing in life."

"I have always been impressed by the power of patience."

"Every man gets a certain happiness out of contributing to his country."