David Rockefeller Quotes

Hard work and a good education will take you further than any government program.

I want my career to grow gradually. There's still so much for me to learn. I'm just trying to take these opportunities to get better at what I'm doing.

Do I think people who need a good opportunity become harder workers sometimes? Yes.

My life has always been about making certain I accrue the skills necessary to make my ambitions real.

Step by step I'm getting my opportunities and what's important for me is to be prepared to show my best whenever possible.

Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.

An opportunity to work is good luck for me. I put my soul into it. Each such opportunity opens the gates for the next one.

We live in the kind of society where, in almost all cases, hard work is rewarded.

I just try to take the best opportunities that I can get.

Business is about being the best that you can be, and there are always glowing examples of people that we can all learn from.

A career is born in public - talent in privacy.

I think athletically I can be okay with any role, but I'm willing to go over and beyond for my work. My fan base is so strong and loyal, and they wanna see me evolve. I'm where I'm supposed to be and I want to challenge myself with the people that are doing it real big.

Don't be limited by your job description.

Every job I take, I really want to learn something.

America is still the land of opportunity, and hard work is still a pathway to success.

Every time I have stepped up a level, I wasn't expecting it to happen, but once it did, I just made sure I worked as hard as I possibly could to stay there.

When you are 21 years old, and you work as a good professional, you must improve.

I never regret any of the work I've done.

I had that hunger to work and keep growing. So I started to cut hair. When I started getting better, I got my own barbershop. I had a lot of clients in my hometown, so I wouldn't stop cutting hair. That's why I think I have such discipline in my job because I've always been very responsible.

There's some days you start to think, 'When is my chance going to come?' As a professional, you always have that at the back of your mind.

I want to go higher in my career. This is not my best. My best is yet to come.

Competition for places can only benefit you. If you know you've got that much competition, then you're just going to have to work that extra bit harder so you can catch the gaffer's eye.

We were all just taught to work as hard as we could, use these opportunities to advance, and just really appreciate all that we had.

You have to work your way up - that's how I was brought up and what I believe in: working hard.

If you work hard, no career should be off-limits.