John D. Rockefeller Quotes & Sayings

“I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.”

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

“If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.”

“I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.”

“Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”

“This Sunday School has been of help to me, greater perhaps than any other force in my Christian life, and I can ask no better things for you than that you, and all that shall come after you in this great band of workers for Christ, shall receive the same measure of blessedness which I have been permitted to have.”

“A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.”

“Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.”

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

“If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.”