John D. Rockefeller Quotes

John D. Rockefeller — American Businessman born on July 08, 1839, died on May 23, 1937

John Davison Rockefeller Sr. was an American business magnate and philanthropist. He was a co-founder of the Standard Oil Company, which dominated the oil industry and was the first great U.S. business trust. Rockefeller revolutionized the petroleum industry, and along with other key contemporary industrialists such as Andrew Carnegie, defined the structure of modern philanthropy. In 1870, he founded Standard Oil Company and actively ran it until he officially retired in 1897... (wikipedia)

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

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

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

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.

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

John D. Rockefeller Quotes

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