31 Inspiring J. P. Morgan Quotes (SUCCESS)

Updated onDecember 1, 2023

Top 10 Most Famous J. P. Morgan Quotes (BEST)

If you have to ask how much it costs, you can’t afford it.

Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see farther. — Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you’ll be able to see farther.

When you expect things to happen – strangely enough – they do happen.

Money equals business which equals power, all of which come from character and trust. — Money equals business which equals power, all of which come from character and trust.

It was not really a question of price. It was a question of success. — It was not really a question of price. It was a question of success.

The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.

A man always has two reasons for doing anything a good reason and the real reason. — A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.

No problem can be solved until it is reduced to some simple form. The changing of a vague difficulty into a specific, concrete form is a very essential element in thinking. — No problem can be solved until it is reduced to some simple form. The changing of a vague difficulty into a specific, concrete form is a very essential element in thinking.

You can’t pick cherries with your back to the tree.

Anyone can be a millionaire, but to become a billionaire you need an astrologer. — Anyone can be a millionaire, but to become a billionaire you need an astrologer.

7 J. P. Morgan Quotes on Money and Success

Gold is money. Everything else is credit. — Gold is money. Everything else is credit.

Any man who is bearish on the United States will go broke.

Nothing so undermines your financial judgement as the sight of your neighbour getting rich.

Before money or anything else. Money cannot buy it… Because a man I do not trust could not get money from me on all the bonds in Christendom. — Before money or anything else. Money cannot buy it… Because a man I do not trust could not get money from me on all the bonds in Christendom.

Giving debt relief to people that really need it, that's what foreclosure is. — Giving debt relief to people that really need it, that’s what foreclosure is.

Anyone who has to ask about the annual upkeep of a yacht can't afford one. — Anyone who has to ask about the annual upkeep of a yacht can’t afford one.

When asked what the stock market will do It will fluctuate. — When asked what the stock market will do: It will fluctuate.

7 Inspirational J. P. Morgan Quotes on Life

The wise man bridges the gap by laying out the path by means of which he can get from where he is to where he wants to go. — The wise man bridges the gap by laying out the path by means of which he can get from where he is to where he wants to go.

No price is too great for a work of unquestioned beauty and known authenticity. — No price is too great for a work of unquestioned beauty and known authenticity.

No sir. The first thing is character. — No sir. The first thing is character.

When a man abuses his power, he loses it.

When I have business on hand I think it is better to have it done quickly.

You are affluent when you buy what you want, do what you wish and don't give a thought to what it costs. — You are affluent when you buy what you want, do what you wish and don’t give a thought to what it costs.

I feel bound in honour when I reorganise a property and am morally responsible for its management, to protect it – and I generally do protect it.

7 J. P. Morgan Quotes that will Make You Think

“Don’t talk to me about appealing to the public. I am done with the public, for the present anyway. The public reads the headlines and that is all. The story itself is fair and shows the facts. That would be all right if the public read the facts. But it does not. It reads the headline and listens to the demagogues and that’s the stuff public opinion is made of.”
J. P. Morgan

I made a fortune getting out too soon.

Well, I don't know as I want a lawyer to tell me what I cannot do. I hire him to tell how to do what I want to do. — Well, I don’t know as I want a lawyer to tell me what I cannot do. I hire him to tell how to do what I want to do.

If you want time to pass quickly, just give a banker your note for 90 days. — If you want time to pass quickly, just give a banker your note for 90 days.

My first guess is sometimes right. My second never is.

Of all forms of tyranny, the least attractive and the most vulgar is the tyranny of mere wealth, the tyranny of plutocracy. — Of all forms of tyranny, the least attractive and the most vulgar is the tyranny of mere wealth, the tyranny of plutocracy.

You can’t unscramble eggs.

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