John Davidson Rockefeller, Sr.

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

"I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity. "

"I believe that every right implies a responsibility every opportunity an obligation every possession a duty. "

"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. "

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

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

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