John D. Rockefeller Quotes

People care about performance and results above all else.

The accurate measure of a human being is what he or she actually gets done.

Be successful! I judge men only by the results of their actions.

The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts.

Judge us not by the rhetoric; judge us by the results.

Don't mistake activity with achievement.

I was a little worried that young people would think the only game was being political and manipulative when really the bigger game is being so good at what you do that nobody can argue with your results.

Those who can keep achieving results are the big players at the big clubs. If you cannot get the results, you just can't play and move away.

At the end of the day, it's not really about the aces, it's about getting the job done.

The main thing for me - as a leader, anyway, is that you perform well. That's most of the battle.

The future belongs to the competent. It belongs to those who are very, very good at what they do. It does not belong to the well meaning.

Don't make excuses, make good.

Always focus on accomplishments rather than activities.

I come from a world where accountability and accomplishments matter, and where titles and rhetoric take a back seat to results.

Success may result in winning, but winning does not necessarily mean you are a success.

I've done some good work and some not-good work.

It's not my job to be popular. I'm goal-driven; my job is to get results.

It doesn't matter what your pedigree is, who your family is or what degrees you have. What really matters is how you perform your job and how you produce results. Whoever could do the best job, that's who the focus is on - and it definitely doesn't matter if I am a woman or a man.

When your results are good, you are obviously going to have a lot of press. And when you start to falter a little bit, you are going to have some criticism, and there is nothing abnormal in that.

I think was able to do a lot of things here.

I live or die by how well I act.

Nothing succeeds, they say, like success. And certainly nothing fails like failure.

Well done is better than well said.

In the end, you're measured not by how much you undertake but by what you finally accomplish.

I have a relatively good track record.