Civilization Quotes by John D. Rockefeller

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

— John D. Rockefeller

Probably the greatest single obstacle to the progress and happiness of the American people lies in the willingness of so many men to invest…

— John D. Rockefeller

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

— John D. Rockefeller

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

— John D. Rockefeller

After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.

— John D. Rockefeller

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

— John D. Rockefeller

The American Beauty Rose can be produced in the splendor and fragrance which bring cheer to its beholder only by sacrificing the early buds…

— John D. Rockefeller

To think! All that power and he wasn't even rich!

— John D. Rockefeller

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

— John D. Rockefeller

I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of…

— John D. Rockefeller

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

— John D. Rockefeller

There is nothing in this world that can compare with the Christian fellowship; nothing that can satisfy but Christ.

— John D. Rockefeller