Great Quoties from John Davison Rockefeller

John Davison Rockefeller was an American business magnate and philanthropist. He is widely considered the wealthiest American of all time and the richest person in modern history.

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

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

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

“I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.”

“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.”

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

“I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.”

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

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

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

“The only thing which is of lasting benefit to a man is that which he does for himself. Money which comes to him without effort on his part is seldom a benefit and often a curse.”

“Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed.”

“It is very important to remember what other people tell you, not so much what you yourself already know.”

“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.”

“The road to happiness lies in two simple principles – find what it is that interests you and that you can do well, and when you find it put your whole soul into it every bit of energy and ambition and natural ability you have.”

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

“Nobody does anything if he can get anybody else to do it.”

“He who works all day has no time to make money.”

“Save when you can and not when you have to.”

“The poorest man i know is the man who has nothing but money.”

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

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