Top 41 John D. Rockefeller Inspirational Quotes for Success

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

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.

Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim.

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

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

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

The man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won’t succeed, you must have a larger ambition.

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

Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you’ll be able to see farther.

The common denominator for success is work.

Get rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.

Don’t waste effort on a thing that ends in a petty triumph unless you are happy with a life of petty success.

I never placed my head upon the pillow at night without reminding myself that my success might only be temporary.

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

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

The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee. And I will pay more for that ability.

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

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

Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.

A man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily.

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

Save when you can and not when you have to.

The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?

The impression was gaining ground with me that it was a good thing to let the money be my slave and not make myself a slave to money.

I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.

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

The only thing which is of lasting benefit to a man is that which he does for himself.

Character – not wealth, power, or position – is the supreme word.

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

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.

I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

I believe that love is the greatest thing in the world; that it alone can overcome hate; that right can and will triumph over might.

Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.

Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.

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

The best philanthropy is constantly in search of the finalities – a search for a cause, an attempt to cure evils at their source.

There is no feeling in this world to be compared with self-reliance – do not sacrifice that to anything else.

Never lose interest in life and the world. Never allow yourself to become annoyed.

Oh, how blessed young men are who have to struggle for a foundation and beginning in life.

A man’s wealth must be determined by the relation of his desires and expenditures to his income. If he feels rich on ten dollars, and has everything else he desires, he really is rich.