John D. Rockefeller

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

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

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.

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

Here's how I think of my money - as soldiers - I send them out to war everyday. I want them to take prisoners and come home, so there's more of them.

And we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better.

Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty. John D.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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